Legal Opinion
Mwangi v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (In Re Mwangi)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2014No. 12-16087PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Eric Mwangi and Pauline Mwicharo (collectively “the Debtors”) were account holders at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. When Wells Fargo discovered that the Debtors had filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, it placed a “temporary administrative pledge” on the Debtors’ accounts. Wells Fargo then requested instructions from the Chapter 7 trustee regarding the distribution of account funds, a portion of which the Debtors claimed as exempt under Nevada Revised Statutes § 21.090(l)(g).
In this case, we must decide whether the Debtors can state a claim for a willful…
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