Brawders

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: ROBERT BRAWDERS; In re: 

CHERYL BRAWDERS,

Debtors, No. 05-55988

ROBERT BRAWDERS; CHERYL

BRAWDERS,  BAP No. CC-04-01165-MoPK Appellants, OPINION v.

COUNTY OF VENTURA,

Appellee.  Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Klein, Perris, and Montali, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 10, 2007—Pasadena, California

Filed September 11, 2007

Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges, and William Hart,* Senior District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Paez; Dissent by Judge Kleinfeld

*The Honorable William Hart, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.

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IN RE: BRAWDERS 12281

COUNSEL

Michael D. Kwasigorch, Simi Valley, California, for the debtors-appellants.

Noel A. Klebaum, County Counsel, and Donald O. Hurley, Assistant County Counsel, County of Ventura, California, for the defendant-appellee.

OPINION

PAEZ, Circuit Judge:

Robert and Cheryl Brawders (“the Brawders”) appeal from a decision of the…