DONALD TANGWALL V. LARRY COMPTON, No. 19-35370 (9th Cir. 2019)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED DEC 16 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DONALD A. TANGWALL, Individually and in his capacity as Trustee of the Toni 1 Trust, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 19-35370 D.C. No. 4:18-cv-00031-SLG Appellant, MEMORANDUM* v. LARRY D. COMPTON, Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Sharon L. Gleason, District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 11, 2019** Before: WALLACE, CANBY, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges. Donald A. Tangwall appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order rejecting his proposed filing pursuant to a vexatious litigant order. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(1). We * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). review de novo a district court’s decision on appeal from a bankruptcy court and apply the same standards of review applied by the district court. Motor Vehicle Cas. 5 Co. v. Thorpe Insulation Co. (In re Thorpe Insulation Co.), 677 F.3d 869, 879 (9th Cir. 2012). We affirm. The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by rejecting Tangwall’s proposed filing because the filing was within the scope of the vexatious litigant order and Tangwall failed to comply with the requirements set forth in the vexatious litigant order. See In re Fillbach, 223 F.3d 1089, 1090 (9th Cir. 2000) (a district court has discretion to dismiss an action for failure to comply with a vexatious litigant pre-filing order). To the extent that Tangwall seeks to challenge the underlying vexatious litigant order or the merits of the underlying bankruptcy proceedings, we do not consider his contentions because they are outside the scope of this appeal. Tangwall’s request to combine cases and his motion to consolidate appeals are denied. AFFIRMED. 2
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