In Re Alicia Marie Richards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Case No. 8:23-cv-01295-SB

IN RE: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR

Debtor.

LACK OF APPELLATE

JURISDICTION

Bankruptcy No. 8:21-bk-10635-SC On July 19, 2023, Debtor Alicia Marie Richards appealed from two orders of the bankruptcy court, both of which dealt with her motion to remove the trustee. Dkt. No. 1. On July 31, 2023, the Court ordered Debtor to show cause why it should not dismiss the case for lack of appellate jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 10. Debtor failed to respond. In bankruptcy matters, this Court has appellate jurisdiction over “final judgments, orders, and decrees” and, “with leave of court, from other interlocutory orders and decrees.” 28 U.S.C. § 158(a); see also Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank, 575 U.S. 496, 508 (2015). A bankruptcy court order is final “where it 1) resolves and seriously affects substantive rights and 2) finally determines the discrete issue to which it is addressed.” In re AFI Holding, Inc., 530 F.3d 832, 836 (9th Cir. 2008). Debtor’s appeal to remove the trustee is not final. See In re SK Foods, L.P., 676 F.3d 798, 802 (9th Cir. 2012) In SK Foods, the Ninth Circuit…