Schultz
Schultz v. Dunne
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Debtor-Appellant Martin M. Schultz appeals three separate orders that the district court issued in favor of Creditor-Appellee John F. Dunne, Jr. 1 In appeal No. 04-55346, the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s grant of Dunne’s motion for summary judgment on the validity and priority of his lien against Schultz. In appeal No. 04-55452, the district court dismissed Schultz’s interlocutory appeal of the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment order regarding Schultz’s state law claims. In appeal No. 04-55705, the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s decision to overrule Schultz’s objections to Dunne’s proofs of claim and allow the claims. We affirm the district court’s rulings in No. 04-55346 (summary judgment on validity of lien), No. 04-55452 (denial of interlocutory appeal), and No. 04-55705 (order overruling objections to proofs of claim). The facts and procedural history of these appeals are known to the parties, and are restated herein only as necessary.
We review de novo the district court’s decision on appeal from a bankruptcy court judgment. In re Mantz, 343 F.3d 1207, 1211 (9th Cir.2003). We also review de novo the bankruptcy court’s…