Newberry
Newberry v. City of San Bernardino (In re City of San Bernardino)
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Wright, J.
I. INTRODUCTION
Appellants Raymond Newberry, Patricia Mendoza, Maria Aboytia, Juana Pulido, Jesus Pulido, Jonathan Pulido, Richard Gonzalez Lozada, Melinda McNeal, Bertha Lozada, Mildred Lytwynec, Nicholas Lytwynec, Gloria Basua, Lizabeth Banue-los, and Carlos Ochoa (collectively “New-berry”) appeal from an order denying them relief from stay to pursue a civil rights action against Debtor-Appellée City of San Bernardino and its employees. This Court has jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158 (a)(1). For .the reasons discussed below, the Court AFFIRMS the order of the bankruptcy court.
II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
' In August 2012, the City filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 9 of Title 11 of the United States Code. City of San Bernardino, Cal., 499 B.R. 776, 780 (Bankr. C.D.Cal.2013). On August 28, 2013, the bankruptcy court determined that the City was eligible for Chapter 9 relief. Id. at 778 .
On November 14, 2014, Newberry filed a civil rights action against the City and several City officers in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. (Appellant’s Excerpts of Record (“AER”) 36-64, ECF No. 7.) New-berry alleged…