In Re Deborah M. Canter, AKA D. Maristina Canter, Debtor, Alan Canter Canter Family Trust, Creditors-Appellants v. Deborah M. Canter, AKA D. Maristina Canter, Debtor-Appellee, and Edwina E. Dowell, Chapter 13 Trustee, Trustee

299 F.3d 1150 In re Deborah M. CANTER, aka D. Maristina Canter, Debtor, Alan Canter; Canter Family Trust, Creditors-Appellants, v. Deborah M. Canter, aka D. Maristina Canter, Debtor-Appellee, and Edwina E. Dowell, Chapter 13 Trustee, Trustee. No. 01-56151. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 7, 2002. Filed August 15, 2002. Herbert Katz, Kelly Lytton & Vann LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the creditors-appellants. Andrew E. Smyth, Los Angeles, CA, for the debtor-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-00-1185-R. Before THOMAS and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and ARMSTRONG, * District Judge. OPINION RAWLINSON, Circuit Judge. 1 Creditors/Appellants Alan ("Alan") and Elizabeth ("Elizabeth") Canter, and the Canter Family Trust ("Canter Trust") appeal the district court's sua sponte withdrawal of reference, and its order denying their motion to vacate the stay of the municipal court's judgment in an unlawful detainer action against Debtor/Appellee Deborah M. Canter ("Deborah"). 2 Because the district court erred when it sua sponte withdrew the…