United States v. 2020-06-11 | 19-60009 | DONALD STEVEN PARKS V. KIMBERLY HUSTED | nonprecedential | memorandum disposition |

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: DONALD STEVEN PARKS,

Debtor.

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DONALD STEVEN PARKS,

Appellant,

v.

KIMBERLY J. HUSTED, Trustee,

Appellee.

No. 19-60009

BAP No. 18-1088

MEMORANDUM
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Appeal from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Lafferty, Brand, and Spraker, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Submitted June 2, 2020
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Before: LEAVY, PAEZ, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Chapter 7 debtor Donald Steven Parks appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
FILED

JUN 11 2020

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s order
granting Parks a discharge. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We
affirm.
In the opening brief, Parks fails to address how the bankruptcy court erred in
granting him a discharge. As a result, Parks has waived any challenge to the
bankruptcy court’s order. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045, 1052 (9th Cir. 1999)
(“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening brief are deemed
waived.”); Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994) (“We review only
issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s opening brief.”).
Parks’s request for fees and costs, set forth in his opening brief, is denied.
AFFIRMED.