In Re Alicia Marie Richards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, Case No. 8:23-cv-00697-SB

Debtor,

ORDER AFFIRMING DENIAL OF

ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,

REQUEST TO PURGE

Appellant, CONTEMPT [8:21-BK-10635-SC,

DKT. NO. 1270]

v.

RICHARD A. MARSHACK, CH.

TRUSTEE,

Appellee.

Debtor Alicia Marie Richards was held in contempt by the bankruptcy court after she failed to turn over or adequately account for lapsed homestead-exemption funds. Debtor sought to purge her contempt by providing an accounting and asserting that it was impossible for her to comply with the court’s order. The bankruptcy court found the information she provided to be seriously deficient and denied her request for a hearing without prejudice. Debtor appeals the denial, arguing that the bankruptcy court erred in failing to find that she purged the contempt and in failing to hold a hearing. For the reasons stated below, the Court affirms the bankruptcy court’s order.

I. Debtor filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition. In her filing, she disclosed a community property interest in real estate located in Newport Beach, California. See Dkt. No. 14…