United States v. 2007-11-07 | 06-55361 | KHALIGH VHADAEGH | precedential | opinion |

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 In Re: SHAHZAD KHALIGH,
Debtor.
No. 06-55361
SHAHZAD KHALIGH, BAP No.
Appellant, CC-05-01148-KPaB
v. ORDER
FRED HADAEGH,
Appellee. 
Appeal from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Klein, Pappas, and Brandt, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Submitted October 15, 2007*
Pasadena, California
Filed November 8, 2007
Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez and Kim McLane Wardlaw,
Circuit Judges, and Raner C. Collins,** District Judge.
COUNSEL
Simon J. Dunstan, Hughes & Dunstan, LLP, Woodland Hills,
California, for the appellant.
*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without
oral argument. Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
**The Honorable Raner C. Collins, United States District Judge for the
District of Arizona, sitting by designation.
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Paul A. Beck, Law Offices of Paul A. Beck, Sherman Oaks,
California, for the appellee.
ORDER
Shahzad Khaligh appeals the decision of the Bankruptcy
Appellate Panel, which affirmed the bankruptcy court’s deter-
mination that Fred Hadaegh’s award of damages obtained
against her was not dischargeable. See 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(6).
She argues that mutual collateral estoppel is not available in
California when the prior determination was made in a con-
firmed arbitration award decision.
We disagree and, therefore, affirm for the reasons cogently
set forth in the majority opinion of the Bankruptcy Appellate
Panel. See Khaligh v. Hadaegh (In re Khaligh), 338 B.R. 817
(B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2006).
AFFIRMED.
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