In Re: Christina Shay v. Timothy Hoffman

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 5 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: PHILIP J. METSCHAN, No. 23-15861

Debtor. D.C. No. 3:22-cv-05447-VC ______________________________

CHRISTINA SHAY, MEMORANDUM*

Appellant,

v.

TIMOTHY W. HOFFMAN, Chapter 7 Trustee,

Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Vince Chhabria, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 28, 2024 San Francisco, California

Before: PAEZ, WALLACH,** and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Christina Shay (“Shay”) appeals the district court’s order affirming the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Evan J. Wallach, United States Senior Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. bankruptcy court’s September 6, 2022 abstention order. That order granted Timothy

Hoffman’s (“Trustee’s”) motion to abstain from…