In Re: Silva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Raul SILVA, Case No.: 22-cv-1959-AGS-MMP Appellant, ORDER AFFIRMING BANKRUPTCY

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v. Guillermo GOMEZ, et al., Appellees. 8 This bankruptcy case has been riddled with administrative errors. Many of those errors made it difficult for two pro se creditors to verify that their claims were covered by debtor’s bankruptcy discharge when they engaged in collection actions against him. Now debtor contends that the bankruptcy court erred by not holding the creditors in civil contempt for violating the discharge order. Given the conflicting information the creditors received, the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to levy sanctions. BACKGROUND Appellees Guillermo and Lisandra Gomez sued appellant Raul Silva in small claims court. (See ECF 8-2, at 2.) Silva then filed for bankruptcy, but erroneously failed to list the Gomezes as creditors, despite the pending small-claims action. (Id.) When the…