Cooper

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DARRIN LENALD COOPER, No. 24-1084 BAP No. Appellant, 1:23-bk-1098 v.

OPINION

SOCIAL SECURITY

ADMINISTRATION,

Appellee.

Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

Frederick Philip Corbit, Julia W. Brand, and Gary A. Spraker, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 11, 2025 Seattle, Washington

Filed March 20, 2025

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges, and Richard D. Bennett, Senior District Judge. *

* The Honorable Richard D. Bennett, United States Senior District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation. Opinion by Judge Bennett

SUMMARY **

Bankruptcy

The panel (1) reversed the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s order denying a debtor’s motion to hold the Social Security Administration in contempt for violating the bankruptcy discharge injunction by adjusting the debtor’s monthly benefits to recoup an overpayment of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits; and (2) remanded to the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel with instructions to remand…