Shanel Stasz v. Rosendo Gonzalez

MEMORANDUM

Chapter 7 debtor Shanel Ann Stasz appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order approving the trustee’s final report and applications for compensation (“Final Report”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We review for an abuse of discretion. Leichty v. Neary (In re Strand), 375 F.3d 854, 857 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by approving the Final Report because the services for which compensation was sought were reasonably likely to benefit Stasz’s bankruptcy estate and/or necessary to the administration of the case. See id. at 857, 860 (setting forth factors relevant to determination of a reasonable fee allowance, and noting that “[w]e will not disturb a bankruptcy court’s award of attorneys’ fees unless the bankruptcy court abused its discretion or erroneously applied the law” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

Stasz’s contentions concerning whether the bankruptcy court had jurisdiction to approve the Final Report are unpersuasive for the reasons stated by the BAP. Her contentions concerning the BAP’s bias are also unpersuasive and…