Richard Schultze v. David Chandler, Sr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RICHARD K. SCHULTZE; LORENZO V. No. 12-15186

ZUNINO; ROBERT BECCHETTI;

RICHARD QUESTONI, D.C. No. Appellants, 3:11-cv-04940-

WHA

v.

DAVID N. CHANDLER, SR.; DAVID N. ORDER AND

CHANDLER, P.C., AMENDED

Appellees. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California William Alsup, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted December 4, 2013—San Francisco, California

Filed July 18, 2014 Amended August 1, 2014

Before: Stephen S. Trott, Sidney R. Thomas, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.

Order; Opinion by Judge Thomas SUMMARY*

Bankruptcy

The panel filed (1) an order amending its opinion filed July 18, 2014, and (2) an amended opinion affirming the district court’s affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of a malpractice action against an attorney for an unsecured creditors’ committee.

The panel held that the bankruptcy court properly exercised jurisdiction over the legal malpractice action after its removal from state court because the action was a…