Timothy Tobias Trocke
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
6 7 8 In re ) Case No. 20-21910-E-13 ) Docket Control No. [None Provided] TIMOTHY TOBIAS TROCKE, ) ) Debtor. ) ) 12 This Memorandum Decision is not appropriate for publication. It may be cited for persuasive value on the matters addressed.
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND DECISION
Denial of Motion for Award of Prevailing Party Legal Fees The court has been presented with two competing motions (one for each of the two parties to this Contested Matter) seeking prevailing party attorney’s fees for the Objection to Claim portion of the extended battle in this bankruptcy case between Creditor Roger Anderson, Trustee of the RWA Trust dated March 14, 2014 (“Movant” or “Creditor”) and Debtor Timothy Trocke (“Debtor”). Creditor had a substantially oversecured claim in this case, for which he received a partial payment in January 2021 of $115,000.00 from the sale of the property securing the claim (the “Property”). This…