In Re: Conwell Ponath v. Jill Ford

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

OCT 17 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: CONWELL O. PONATH; CHERYL No. 23-15833

J. PONATH,

D.C. No. 2:22-cv-01523-DLR Debtors. ______________________________

MEMORANDUM*

CONWELL O. PONATH; CHERYL J.

PONATH,

Appellants,

v.

JILL H. FORD,

Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted April 3, 2024** Phoenix, Arizona

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: HAWKINS, BYBEE, and BADE, Circuit Judges.

Conwell and Cheryl Ponath, two Chapter 7 debtors, appeal the district court’s

affirmance of a bankruptcy-court order limiting their homestead exemption to the

value of their home equity at the time of filing. We have jurisdiction pursuant to

U.S.C. § 158(d)(1), and review determinations regarding the scope of…