Legal Opinion
Mendoza v. McKnight
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 8, 2001No. 99-35091Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM *
William Mark McKnight (“McKnight”) appeals the district court judgment in favor of Delegario Lemos-Mendoza (“Mendoza”) on a legal malpractice action.
On May 22, 1996, Mendoza filed a malpractice action against McKnight. On December 18,1996, McKnight filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. Upon learning of the bankruptcy filing, the district court dismissed the malpractice case pursuant to the automatic stay provisions set forth in 11 U.S.C. § 362(a).
In March 1997, Mendoza informed the district court that no record of a bankruptcy petition filed by McKnight existed. In light of this…
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