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City of Phoenix v. Haley (In re Bercy), ___F.4th____ (9th Circuit Court of Appeals, May 30, 2024)

By Los Angeles Bankruptcy Attorney on June 12, 2024

City of Phoenix v. Haley (In re Bercy), ___F.4th____ (9th Circuit Court of Appeals, May 30, 2024), appeal number 22-16463. Debtor had not standing to sue on, or collect on, debtor’s claim that debtor was subjected to racial harassment at her employment, before she filed bankruptcy, and after she filed bankruptcy, because debtor did NOT schedule her claim for racial discrimination in bky schedules. As a result, the Chapter 7 Trustee got the claim, and settled it, and debtor got ZERO. The lesson to learn from this case is that a debtor MUST accurately schedule all assets, in the debtor’s bankruptcy schedules.

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