Snow v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (In Re Snow)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHASANOW, District Judge.

This case is before the court on appeal from the order of Bankruptcy Judge Duncan Keir, dismissing Appellant’s adversary proceeding against Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (“Countrywide”). Appellant Snow filed a class action adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court to challenge the “inspection fee” charged by Countrywide in its proof of claim and Countrywide responded with a motion to dismiss. The bankruptcy court held that, under federal law, the entire proceeding should be dismissed on the grounds of res judicata. Oral argument is deemed unnecessary…