Watkins
Watkins v. Market Express Transportation
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Debtor Burnett Watkins appeals pro se a decision by the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP), affirming a bankruptcy judge’s ruling in a Chapter 7 proceeding that a judgment debt owed to creditor Market Express Transportation, Inc. is not dischargeable. Watkins contends the bankruptcy judge committed various evi-dentiary and procedural errors during the two-day trial. We affirm.
The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by not granting Watkins’s motion in limine to exclude an expert’s report offered by Market Express. Watkins waived any objection to the admissibility of the report by offering it as an exhibit. See Coursen v. A.H. Robins Co., 764 F.2d 1329, 1340 (9th Cir.1985) (noting party may not challenge an in limine ruling when her attorney elicited the objectionable evidence). Moreover, Watkins cannot demonstrate prejudice in light of the bankruptcy court’s statements that it did not consider the report in making its decision. See Latman v. Burdette, 366 F.3d 774, 786 (9th Cir.2004) (noting party must show *246 prejudice for a reversal based on an evi-dentiary error). Finally, to the extent Watkins challenges the bankruptcy court’s failure to rule on his…