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LP appeal inadmissible against disciplinary dismissal

7B.224/2005Federal Supreme Court / Criminal Division IINov 22, 2005Inadmissible

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X.________ challenged a cantonal disciplinary dismissal from his post as debt-enforcement and bankruptcy officer. The Federal Tribunal held that such a measure, taken by the cantonal supervisory authority in the exercise of disciplinary powers, is not amenable to LP appeal. The appeal was therefore declared inadmissible.

Omnilex headnote

Art. 14 al. 2 ch. 4 LP; disciplinary measures of the cantonal supervisory authority are not subject to LP appeal. A dismissal pronounced in the exercise of disciplinary powers may be challenged only by public-law appeal. The Federal Tribunal therefore declares an LP appeal inadmissible where the contested act is a disciplinary removal ordered by the cantonal supervisory authority (consid. 1).

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7B.224/2005 /frs

Arrêt du 22 novembre 2005
Chambre des poursuites et des faillites

Composition
Mme et MM. les Juges Hohl, Présidente,
Meyer et Marazzi.
Greffier: M. Fellay.

Parties
X.________,
recourant, représenté par Me Olivier Derivaz, avocat,

contre

Tribunal cantonal du canton du Valais, Autorité supérieure de surveillance LP, Palais de Justice, 1950 Sion 2.

Objet
mesure disciplinaire,

recours LP contre le jugement du Tribunal cantonal du canton du Valais, Autorité supérieure de surveillance LP, du 20 octobre 2005.

Considérant:
que le jugement attaqué prononce la destitution de X.________ en sa qualité de préposé à l'office des poursuites et faillites du district de Y.________;
qu'une telle décision, prise par l'autorité cantonale de surveillance en vertu de son pouvoir disciplinaire (art. 14 al. 2 ch. 4 LP), ne peut être attaquée que par la voie du recours de droit public (ATF 128 III 156 consid. 1);

Par ces motifs, la Chambre prononce:
1.
Le recours LP est irrecevable.
2.
Le présent arrêt est communiqué en copie au mandataire du recourant et au Tribunal cantonal du canton du Valais, Autorité supérieure de surveillance LP.
Lausanne, le 22 novembre 2005
Au nom de la Chambre des poursuites et des faillites
du Tribunal fédéral suisse
La présidente: Le greffier:

Keywords

debt enforcementbankruptcy officedisciplinary measureadmissibilitysupervisory authority

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether an LP appeal is admissible against a cantonal disciplinary dismissal decision under Art. 14 para. 2 no. 4 LP.

Extracted holding

No. A disciplinary decision issued by the cantonal supervisory authority under its disciplinary powers can only be challenged by public-law appeal, not by LP appeal.

Extracted reasoning

The contested judgment is a disciplinary dismissal adopted under Art. 14 para. 2 no. 4 LP. According to the established case law cited by the court, such a decision is not open to LP appeal.

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