In Re: Monte Masingale v. John D. Munding

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: MONTE L. MASINGALE; No. 22-60050

ROSANA D. MASINGALE,

BAP No. Debtors. 22-1016 ______________________________

JOHN D. MUNDING, Chapter OPINION Trustee,

Appellant,

v.

ROSANA D. MASINGALE; STATE

OF WASHINGTON,

Appellees.

In re: MONTE L. MASINGALE; No. 22-60053

ROSANA D. MASINGALE,

BAP No. Debtors. 22-1016 ______________________________

STATE OF WASHINGTON, Appellant,

v.

ROSANA D. MASINGALE;

GREGORY M. GARVIN, Acting U.S. Trustee; JOHN D. MUNDING, Chapter 7 Trustee,

Appellees.

Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Faris, Lafferty III, and Brand, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 5, 2024 Portland, Oregon

Filed July 26, 2024

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Daniel A. Bress, and Lucy H. Koh, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bress

MASINGALE V. MUNDING

SUMMARY*

Bankruptcy

Reversing a decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel and remanding, the panel held that, under the circumstances of this case, a Chapter 7 debtor could not exempt from the bankruptcy estate a…