Koshkalda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 ARTEM KOSHKALDA, Case No. 4:19-cv-05696-YGR

Appellant, ORDER AFFIRMING CONTEMPT ORDER

AND MONETARY SANCTIONS

vs.

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, ET. AL., Re: Dkt. Nos. 12, 13, 14 Appellees.

11 Pro se appellant Artem Koshkalda brings this appeal from a Contempt Order issued by the Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of California. Mr. Koshkalda avers that the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in issuing a Contempt Order against him and that the bankruptcy court clearly erred in its factual findings leading to the Contempt Order. The bankruptcy court issued the Contempt Order as to Mr. Koshkalda for failing to comply with discovery orders, a discovery hearing, and an order to show cause. Based on the parties’ briefing, the designation of record, and for the reasons stated below, the Court AFFIRMS the bankruptcy court’s Contempt Order. I. BACKGROUND The Court summarizes the record as relevant to the disposition…