Cattell

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 7 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: THOMAS BRYON CATTELL No. 24-2857 D.C. No. Debtor 22-1214 _______________________________

MEMORANDUM*

THOMAS BRYON CATTELL,

Appellant.

v.

VICTORIA DEEKS; CONNOR

DEEKS; GARRETT WELCH,

Appellees.

Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Gary A. Spraker, William J. Lafferty, III, and Julia W. Brand, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 1, 2025 Portland, Oregon

Before: BYBEE, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges. Concurrence by Judge LEE.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Thomas Cattell’s consolidated adversary proceeding appeared ready to go to

trial in bankruptcy court in December 2021. See In re Thomas Bryon Cattell, No.

19-03123-dwh (Bankr. D. Or.). But in the months leading up to trial, Cattell’s trial

counsel withdrew after failing to file a response to a summary judgment motion.

Cattell told the bankruptcy…