In Re: The Lovering Tubbs Trust v. Timothy Hoffman

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: DEBBIE REID O'GORMAN, No. 23-60005

Debtor, BAP No. NC-22- 1062-BFT ------------------------------

THE LOVERING TUBBS TRUST,

Trustee; CLC COMPLIANCE, INC., OPINION Trustee; PACIFIC EQUITIES, LLC,

Appellants,

v.

TIMOTHY W. HOFFMAN, Chapter 7 Trustee,

Appellee.

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

Argued and Submitted February 13, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed September 9, 2024 IN RE: LOVERING TUBBS TRUST V. HOFFMAN

Before: Carlos T. Bea, David F. Hamilton, * and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Christen

SUMMARY **

Bankruptcy

The panel affirmed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order granting summary judgment to the Trustee on the Trustee’s claim seeking to avoid under 11 U.S.C. § 548(a)(1) a fraudulent transfer of Chapter 7 Debtor Debbie O’Gorman’s home. O’Gorman transferred the property to the Lovering Tubbs Trust for no consideration to stymie foreclosure efforts by Grant Reynolds, an attorney who had…