In Re Sonoma
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703 F.2d 429 10 Bankr.Ct.Dec. 700 , Bankr. L. Rep. P 69,219 In re SONOMA V, a California general partnership, Debtor. SONOMA V, Debtor-Appellant, v. Marilou Cotchett SELLS, Robert Sells, Russell Fields and Dorothy Fields, Appellees. No. 82-4435. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 15, 1983. Decided April 8, 1983. Douglas Holt, Geller & Holt, Burlingame, Cal., for appellees. James Beyers, Misuraca, Beyers & Costin, Santa Rosa, Cal., for debtor-appellant. On appeal from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit. Before WRIGHT, CANBY, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 After an adversary bankruptcy proceeding, Sonoma V sought to make some post-trial motions. These motions were required to be mailed February 2, 1981. Instead, the parties stipulated to hand delivery the next morning. The Fields and the Sells contend that the motions were not timely filed. The bankruptcy court and the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel both found that the motions were not timely filed. We affirm, 21 B.R. 21 . FACTS 2 In an adversary proceeding in the bankruptcy court, a judgment was rendered for Marilou Cotchett Sells, Robert Sells ("the…