ANDREW REDER V. PAUL FISHER, No. 16-60028 (9th Cir. 2018)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION FEB 15 2018 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. U.S. COURT OF APPEALS 16-60028 In re: ANDREW J. REDER, BAP No. CC-15-1321-FTaKu Debtor, ____________________________________ MEMORANDUM* ANDREW REDER Appellant, v. PAUL FISHER, Appellee. Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Faris, Taylor, and Kurtz, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding Submitted February 12, 2018** Pasadena, California Before: McKEOWN and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and QUIST,*** District Judge. * 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). *** The Honorable Gordon J. Quist, United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, sitting by designation. Debtor Andrew Reder appeals from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order determining that Reder’s $110,000 debt to Appellee Paul Fisher is nondischargeable pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo decisions of the BAP. See Scovis v. Henrichsen (In re Scovis), 249 F.3d 975, 980 (9th Cir. 2001). “Because this court is in as good a position as the BAP to review the decision of the bankruptcy court, we review the bankruptcy court’s decision independently.” Gayden v. Nourbakhsh (In re Nourbakhsh), 67 F.3d 798, 800 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam). After a review of the record and briefing, we affirm for the reasons stated in the BAP’s well-reasoned and thorough memorandum decision entered on March 8, 2016. AFFIRMED. 2

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