Chase

MEMORANDUM **

David R. Chase appeals the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) order imposing sanctions against him under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (b) and Fed. R. Bankr.Pro. 8020. The BAP imposed sanctions after issuing an order to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed upon Chase for filing an inadequate and frivolous appeal. In its order to show cause, the BAP noted that “[a]ppellant’s excerpts of record do not include the order appealed from, the bankruptcy court’s findings and conclusions, the motion on which the court rendered its decision, the notice of appeal, or a transcript.”

The BAP also noted the following briefing deficiencies: the inclusion of an incomplete docket, the failure by the appellant to include any citation to the record, the absence of a statement of the basis for appellate jurisdiction and a statement of the case from the opening brief, the citation of the wrong dates for various court orders, the failure to identify the objecting creditor (Union Planters Mortgage) as an appellee, and the failure to brief mootness after the BAP issued an order requiring this briefing. After considering Chase’s response to its order to show cause, the BAP concluded that it…