Roberts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 YU FANG TAGGART and MELISSA No. 2:19-cv-2470-KJM-JDP

BOLTON,

Bankr. Case No. 19-22029-B-7 Plaintiffs, Adversary Proceeding No. 19-02099-B v. ORDER RICHARD LEON ROBERTS and PAMELA JEAN HALL, Defendants. 17 This motion arises from adversarial proceedings that began prior to the Chapter 7 bankruptcy of Richard Leon Roberts and Pamela Jean Hall (collectively “defendants”). Plaintiffs were students in defendants’ Ultrasound Technology training program and filed claims against defendants for nondischargeability under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6) (“willful and malicious injury by debtor”) and denial of discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 727 (“false oath”). Plaintiffs assert all claims, including personal injury tort claims, sexual harassment and a “false oaths” claim, previously filed in state court, are “core causes” over which the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction. Defendants move to…