James Chandler v. Jan Johnson ( 2015 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAY 06 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS No. 13-60011
ALONZO NIETO,
BAP No. 11-1643
Debtors,
MEMORANDUM*
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED
STATES TRUSTEE,
Appellees.
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60012
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
BAP No. 12-1017
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
page 2
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN No. 13-60013
MARIE DYE,
BAP No. 12-1016
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO
DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,
Appellees.,
SEAN GJERDE.
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60014
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
BAP No. 12-1019
Debtors,
page 3
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN No. 13-60015
MARIE DYE,
BAP No. 11-1641
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO
DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,
Appellees.,
SEAN GJERDE.
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN; No. 13-60016
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
page 4
Debtors, BAP No. 12-1018
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS No. 13-60017
ALONZO NIETO,
BAP No. 12-1015
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED
STATES TRUSTEE,
Appellees.
page 5
Appeals from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Kirscher, Dunn and Jury, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Submitted April 16, 2015**
San Francisco, California
Before: KOZINSKI and GRABER, Circuit Judges and BENSON,*** Senior
District Judge.
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed Chandler’s appeals of
the bankruptcy court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt against him.
Chandler was clearly apprised of the contempt proceedings and the bankruptcy
court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt. However, he didn’t move the
bankruptcy court to set aside the entry of the default judgment or for relief from the
default judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c), 60(b). An appeal “‘cannot be used as
a substitute’ for these procedures.” Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma v. Domain
Name Clearing Co., 346 F.3d 1193, 1195 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting Rohauer v.
Friedman, 306 F.2d 933, 937 (9th Cir. 1962)); see also In re Lam, 192 F.3d 1309,
1311 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (“[A] party may not challenge the entry of
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
***
The Honorable Dee V. Benson, Senior District Judge for the U.S.
District Court for the District of Utah, sitting by designation.
page 6
default in the first instance in an appellate court; rather, a party must first file an
appropriate motion in the court where the default was entered.”).
AFFIRMED.