In Re Mindy Chapman-Sharpiro

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 4, 2019, Appellant Mindy Chapman Shapiro filed her Notice of Appeal from a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. [Doc. # 1]. After the Court granted several extensions of time for the parties to submit their opening briefs, both Appellant and Appellee Estate of Dan Blechman filed their opening briefs. Shapiro Brief [Doc. # 25]; Blechman Brief [Doc. # 30]. Shapiro filed nothing in response to Appellee’s brief, and her time for doing so has passed. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8018(a). The Court therefore decides the matter on the two briefs before it. Shapiro filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy twice in 2018 and 2019. Her first case was dismissed in December 2018 for “failure to appear at [a section] 341(a) meeting and to make required payments.” Shapiro Appendix at 179 [Doc. # 22]. She filed her second bankruptcy petition, which gave rise to the instant case, in March 2019. Blechman Appendix, Ex A [Doc. # 31]. Blechman moved pursuant to 11 U.S.C. section 1307(c) to dismiss or convert the case from a Chapter 13 bankruptcy to a Chapter 7 bankruptcy after, according to Blechman, Shapiro made…