Erwin

Erwin v. Federal Metals Credit Union

Good Law
35 F. App'x 555
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 20, 2002No. 01-35120; D.C. No. CV-00-06314-AACalifornia310 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pamela M. Erwin appeals the district court’s dismissal of her appeal and affirmance of the bankruptcy court’s decision. We affirm. Assuming, for the purpose of this decision, that the wages in question were indeed the property of the estate, as Erwin argues, and not of the Credit Union, we nonetheless conclude that the property did not revert to Erwin and that she therefore lacks standing.

The estate did not formally abandon the property pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 554 (a), and Erwin never forced abandonment under 11 U.S.C. § 554 (b). The property was not scheduled and thus did not revert to the debtor pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 554 (c). 1 Finally, the property was not administered. Accordingly, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 554 (d), it remained property of the estate, 2 and Erwin lacks any interest in it sufficient to confer standing.

For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

. We do not imply that the property should have been scheduled; we merely note that it was not.…

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