NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 11 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: DONALD STEVEN PARKS, No. 19-60009

Debtor. BAP No. 18-1088

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MEMORANDUM*

DONALD STEVEN PARKS,

Appellant,

v.

KIMBERLY J. HUSTED, Trustee,

Appellee.

Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Lafferty, Brand, and Spraker, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Submitted June 2, 2020**

Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Chapter 7 debtor Donald Steven Parks appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order

granting Parks a discharge. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We

affirm.

In the opening brief, Parks fails to address how the bankruptcy court erred in

granting him a discharge. As a result, Parks has waived any challenge to the

bankruptcy court’s order. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999)

(“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed

waived.”); Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We review only

issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s opening brief.”).

Parks’s request for fees and costs, set forth in his opening brief, is denied.

AFFIRMED.

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