Peyton

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RAYMOND-EUGENE PEYTON, Case No. 1:23-cv-00760-JLT 12 Appellant, 13 v. ORDER AFFIRMING BANKRUPTCY

COURT’S RULING AND DISMISSING

14 KATHLEEN ALLISON, PETER APPEAL

ALDANA, ROB BONTA, AND BRIAN

15 CATES, (Doc. 7) 16 Appellee. 17 18 Pending before the Court is pro se Chapter 7 debtor Raymond-Eugene Peyton’s appeal of 19 the Bankruptcy Court’s order, in Bankruptcy Adversary Proceeding (“AP”) No. 23-01003, 20 dismissing Peyton’s adversary proceeding for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. (AP No. 23- 21 01003, Docs. 39, 75.) After reviewing the parties’ briefs and underlying record, the Court 22 AFFIRMS the bankruptcy court’s ruling. 23 I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY 24 A. Background 25 In 2007, Peyton was “convicted of three counts of penetration by force, violence, duress, 26 menace, or fear [Cal. Pen. Code (“PC”) § 269(a)(5)], . . . one count of aggravated sexual assault 27 of a minor by force [PC § 269(a)(4)]” and sentenced to serve a…