In re Ayo H. Akatugba
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 Case No. 23-cv-02356-JST
IN RE AYO H. AKATUGBA,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
Debtor. STAY PENDING APPEAL Re: ECF No. 3
12 Before the Court is Appellant Andrew J. Christensen’s motion for stay pending appeal. 13 ECF No. 3. The Court will deny the motion. 14 Christensen, attorney for Debtor Ayo H. Akatugba, seeks to stay enforcement of the 15 bankruptcy court’s April 19, 2023 order referring Christensen to the Standing Committee on 16 Professional Conduct. In its referral order, the bankruptcy court identifies two sources of 17 unprofessional conduct: a written brief in which Christensen “flagrantly miscited authority and 18 displayed a lack of candor” and a subsequent hearing at which Christensen did not evince an 19 understanding of the importance of this lack of candor. ECF No. 1-2 at 5-6. The bankruptcy court 20 observed that “[c]ounsel’s violation of the duty to conduct oneself in a professional manner, and to 21 observe scrupulously their duty of…