Kessler

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FEB 23 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IN RE: DRITA PASHA KESSLER, No. 25-2139 DEBTOR D.C. No. 2:23-cv-08310-MRA

DRITA PASHA KESSLER,

MEMORANDUM*

Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Monica Ramirez Almadani, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 3, 2026 Pasadena, California

Before: GRABER, CLIFTON, and JOHNSTONE, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Drita Pasha Kessler appeals the district court’s affirmance of a

decision by the bankruptcy court that reduced her claimed homestead exemption to

zero, based on the finding that she used nonexempt funds to purchase her

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

1 homestead “with the intent to hinder, delay, or defraud” her creditors. 11 U.S.C.

§ 522(o). We have jurisdiction under 28…