Bjornbak

I. BACKGROUND

12 A. Plaintiffs’ Claims for Relief and Defendant’s Answer On July 2, 2020, Lanny Jay Dugar ("Defendant") filed a voluntary chapter 7 petition in pro per. On October 6, 2020, David Bjornbak and Qiang Bjornbak ("Plaintiffs") filed a 16 complaint against Defendant, objecting to Defendant’s receipt of a discharge pursuant to 11 17 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and § 727(c). Complaint Objecting to Discharge 18 ("Complaint"). On October 30, 2020, Defendant filed his Answer to Complaint Objecting to Discharge [11 U.S.C. §§ 727(a)(2), 727(a)(3), 727(a)(4), 727(a)(5), 727(c)] (the "Answer"). For 21 the most part, Defendant denies each of Plaintiffs’ allegations.2

23 24 1 On July 6, 2020, the Court granted Defendant’s application to waive the chapter 7 filing fee. On February 25, 2021, David K. Gottlieb, chapter 7 trustee, provided his report of no distribution, stating "[t]here is no property available for distribution from the estate." [1:20-bk-11166-VK] 26 2 In the Answer, Defendant acknowledges that he sold "one scrap or salvage 2006 minni cooper" [sic] for $800.00, because he "simply forgot and had no intent to…