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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In Re: District Case No. 20-cv-00431-GPC-MDD Bankruptcy Case No. 19-06239-LT7 RALPH BOWEN, Adv. Case No. 20-90012-LT Debtor. 13 MARIA L. MORENO aka MARIA ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 14 LIBERTAD MORENO, and MARIA WITHDRAW REFERENCE OF THE AMPARO CABALLERO VALENCIA ADVERSARY ACTION aka AMPARO CABALLERO, 16 (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiffs, 17 v. 18 RALPH BOWEN and Does 1–10, 19 Defendant. 20 Before the Court is a motion to revoke the Court’s reference of an adversary action to the Bankruptcy Court. Here, withdrawal is neither required nor advisable as the adversary action concerns a matter quintessentially within the province of the Bankruptcy Court: whether to discharge a debt. Consequently, the Court DENIES the motion. I. Background On October 17, 2019, Defendant Ralph David Bowen (“Defendant”) filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 with the Bankruptcy Court of this District. (ECF No. 2-1 at ¶ 7.) In response, Plaintiffs Maria…