In Re Gam Enterprises, Inc., Debtor. Gabriel A. Maalouf v. Ford Motor Credit Company Berkeley Bunker, Trustee

83 F.3d 427 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. In re GAM ENTERPRISES, INC., Debtor. Gabriel A. MAALOUF, Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY; Berkeley Bunker, Trustee, Appellees. No. 94-15715. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted April 10, 1996. * Decided April 12, 1996. Before: HALL, THOMPSON, and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Gabriel A. Maalouf appeals pro se the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") affirming an order of the bankruptcy court. The order clarified that legal claims once held by the GAM estate were abandoned to Maalouf as debtor-in-possession of his own bankruptcy estate and not to Maalouf personally. This decision eventually gave control of the legal claims to appellee Berkeley Bunker, the subsequently appointed trustee of Maalouf's estate. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We review de novo the bankruptcy court's conclusions of law; the court's findings of fact are reviewed…