Flores

MEMORANDUM **

Appellants Christopher Glen Flores and Gary B. Wesley (“Appellants”) appeal the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel affirming the bankruptcy court’s summary judgment in Chapter 13 debtor Snyder James Oh’s adversary proceeding. The bankruptcy court concluded that Appellants violated the automatic stay and bankruptcy discharge order by taking action in a state court case against Oh for fraud and conversion. The bankruptcy court awarded $16,659.35 in attorneys’ fees and costs to Oh as damages. We review de novo the bankruptcy court’s grant of summary judgment. In re Pena, 155 F.3d 1108, 1110 (9th Cir.1998). We review for clear error the bankruptcy court’s factual determinations underlying the award of the attorneys’ fees, and for abuse of discretion its decision to award attorneys’ *577 fees. In re DeVille, 361 F.3d 539, 547 (9th Cir.2004); In re Claremont Acquisition Corp., 113 F.3d 1029, 1031 (9th Cir.1997). We affirm.

An aggrieved debtor may initiate a contempt proceeding in the bankruptcy court to obtain compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees from a creditor who violates a discharge injunction. Walls v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 276 F.3d 502, 507 (9th…