Flores

MEMORANDUM DECISION

This memorandum addresses Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (sometimes, Motion) brought in the above-captioned adversary proceeding pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 as made applicable by Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 7056. The Motion is based on a judgment awarded to Plaintiff by the Superior Court of the State of Washington. The superior court judgment was based on an arbitrator’s detailed findings and conclusions. The relevant history leading up to the superior court judgment is set forth below.

Plaintiff Kendra Vorhies Flores (Flores) sued Defendant Justin Thomas Chlarson (Chlarson) in the superior court in August 2011. Flores’ complaint alleged, among other things, conversion, outrage, and malicious injury to an animal based on allegations of Chlarson’s involvement in the death of Flores’s cat. Chlarson filed an answer to the superior court complaint. The matter was sent to arbitration, both parties participated and testified, and on April 19, 2012, the arbitrator rendered written findings and conclusions. On April 20, 2012, the superior court entered judgment in Flores’ favor based on the arbitrator’s findings and conclusions…