In Re Alicia Marie Richards
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
Debtor. Case No. 8:23-cv-01377-SB BAP No. CC‐23‐1007 Bk. No. 8:21‐bk‐10635‐SC
ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
LAWRENCE REMSEN
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
Appellants, DEBTOR’S IN FORMA
PAUPERIS REQUEST [DKT. NO.
v. 1]
RICHARD A. MARSHACK, CH.
TRUSTEE,
Appellee.
Debtor Alicia Marie Richards filed an emergency motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP), in which she asserts that she cannot afford to pay for certain transcripts that she needs to proceed in a separate bankruptcy appeal pending before the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appeal Panel (BAP). Dkt. No. 1. She subsequently notified the BAP that she had submitted the emergency request.1 BAP No. CC-23-1007 (BAP Appeal), Dkt. No. 25. On August 30, 2023, the BAP issued an order determining that the briefing in the appeal is complete and that “[n]o further filings, including a statement of evidence in lieu of transcript pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009(c), will be accepted for filing in this appeal.” BAP Appeal, Dkt. No. 26 at 2. The BAP reasoned that because Debtor stated that she