In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS ALONZO NIETO v. JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO,
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED
STATES TRUSTEE,
Appellees.
No. 13-60011
BAP No. 11-1643
MEMORANDUM *
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
No. 13-60012
BAP No. 12-1017
FILED
MAY 06 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN
MARIE DYE,
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO
DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,
Appellees.,
SEAN GJERDE.
No. 13-60013
BAP No. 12-1016
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
Debtors,
No. 13-60014
BAP No. 12-1019

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JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN
MARIE DYE,
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO
DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,
Appellees.,
SEAN GJERDE.
No. 13-60015
BAP No. 11-1641
In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;
STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,
No. 13-60016

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Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Sacramento,
Appellees.
BAP No. 12-1018
In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO,
Debtors,
JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,
Appellant,
v.
JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;
HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS
ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED
STATES TRUSTEE,
Appellees.
No. 13-60017
BAP No. 12-1015

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Appeals from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Kirscher, Dunn and Jury, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Submitted April 16, 2015 **
San Francisco, California
Before: KOZINSKI and GRABER, Circuit Judges and BENSON,*** Senior
District Judge.
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed Chandler’s appeals of
the bankruptcy court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt against him.
Chandler was clearly apprised of the contempt proceedings and the bankruptcy
court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt. However, he didn’t move the
bankruptcy court to set aside the entry of the default judgment or for relief from the
default judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c), 60(b). An appeal “‘cannot be used as
a substitute’ for these procedures.” Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma v. Domain
Name Clearing Co., 346 F.3d 1193, 1195 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting Rohauer v.
Friedman, 306 F.2d 933, 937 (9th Cir. 1962)); see also In re Lam, 192 F.3d 1309,
1311 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (“[A] party may not challenge the entry of
** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
*** The Honorable Dee V. Benson, Senior District Judge for the U.S.
District Court for the District of Utah, sitting by designation.

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default in the first instance in an appellate court; rather, a party must first file an
appropriate motion in the court where the default was entered.”).
AFFIRMED.

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