Salven

NOT FOR PUBLICATION 2 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 In re: Case No. 17-12781-A-

DALIP SINGH NIJJAR,

8 Debtor.

JAMES E. SALVEN, Adv. No. 17-1066-A

Plaintiff, GMJ-6, FW-

V. MEMORANDUM

VIRPAL K. NIJJAR et al.,

Defendants.

17 Argued and submitted on September 25, 2019 18 at Fresno, California 19 Honorable Fredrick E. Clement, Bankruptcy Judge Presiding

21 Appearances: Gabriel J. Waddell and Peter A. Sauer, Fear Waddell, P.C., for James E. Salven; 22 David M. Gilmore and Timothy V. Logoluso, Gilmore Magness Janisse for Virpal Nijjar, 23 VK Nijjar Farms, LLC, and Nijjar Farms, Inc. 24

26 27 “What is once well done is done forever.” Henry David Thoreau. The converse is also true. Acting without counsel, a husband and wife attempted to transmute four parcels of land held as community property into wife’s separate property. Eight years later, husband filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and…