bankruptcy

Jason Ransom ("Ransom") is a single man living in Nevada. See Ransom v. MBNA, 577 F.3d 1026, 1027 (9th Cir. 2009). In 2006, he had $82,542.93 of unsecured debt, mostly on credit cards, including $32,896.73 owed to MBNA America Bank ("MBNA"). See Id. In...

In a Chapter 7 filing, a debtor is allowed to claim certain items exempt from creditor collection. See 11 U.S.C. § 522. The claimed exemption at issue in this case deals with two types of exemptions. The first type allows a debtor to exempt certain...

Petitioner Bradley Weston Taggart, a real estate developer, owned a twenty-five percent interest in Sherwood Park Business Center (“SPBC”). Lorenzen v. Taggart, 888 F.3d 438, 440 (9th Cir. 2018). In 2007, Taggart transferred his interest in SPBC to his...

U.S. Bank National Association (“U.S. Bank”) is a creditor of Village at Lakeridge, LLC (“Lakeridge”) for a $10 million secured claim. U.S. Bank National Association v. Village at Lakeridge, 814 F.3d 993, 996 (9th Cir. 2016). Lakeridge is controlled by...