Hoffman v. Cheek (In Re Meltzer)

RULING ON BANKRUPTCY APPEAL

DORSEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff/appellant seeks review of the decision of the Bankruptcy Court, Krechev-sky, J., granting defendant’s motion for summary judgment. The matter is properly within the court’s jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 158(a), as the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling was a final judgment. Catlin v. United States, 324 U.S. 229, 65 S.Ct. 631, 89 L.Ed. 911 (1945); 1 Collier on Bankruptcy, ¶ 3.03, 3-172-173 (15th ed. 1987). Review here is de novo. See In re Woodson Co., 813 F.2d 266, 270 (9th Cir.1987); In re Consolidated Bancshares, Inc., 785 F.2d 1249, 1252 (5th…