United States v. 2009-03-11 | 07-56537 | SOFRIS V. MAPLE-WHITWORTH, INC | precedential | opinion |

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
 In the Matter of: MAPLE-
WHITWORTH, INC.,
Debtor
No. 07-56537
MICHAEL N. SOFRIS, aka Sofris BAP No.
APC, CC-06-01098-KNB
Appellant, Central District of  California,v. Los Angeles
MAPLE-WHITWORTH, INC.; UNITED OPINIONSTATES TRUSTEE; LARRY
WEINSTOCK; MICA BINTU-BROWN;
and EMANUEL PEREZ,
Appellees. 
Appeal from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Klein, Nielsen, and Brandt, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Argued and Submitted
December 9, 2008—Pasadena, California
Filed March 11, 2009
Before: John T. Noonan and Barry G. Silverman,
Circuit Judges, and Suzanne B. Conlon,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Conlon
*The Honorable Suzanne B. Conlon, United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation.
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COUNSEL
Michael N. Sofris, Michael N. Sofris APC, Beverly Hills,
California, for the appellant Michael N. Sofris, aka Sofris
APC.
Jerry Kaplan; David Scott Kadin, Kaplan, Kenegos & Kadin,
Beverly Hills, California, for the appellee Maple-Whitworth,
Inc.
OPINION
CONLON, District Judge:
This court’s February 10, 2009 opinion recounts that Sofris,
joined by others in the Mayman-Nathan faction, filed an
involuntary Chapter 7 petition against Maple-Whitworth
under 11 U.S.C. § 303(a)-(b). Michael N. Sofris, aka Sofris
APC v. Maple-Whitworth, Inc. (In re Maple-Whitworth, Inc.),
___ F.3d ___, No. 07-56537, 2009 WL 310902, at *1 (9th
Cir. Feb. 10, 2009). This statement adopts the Bankruptcy
Appellate Panel’s characterization of the involuntary petition
as a Chapter 7 petition. Michael N. Sofris, APC v. Maple-
Whitworth, Inc. (In re Maple-Whitworth, Inc.), 375 B.R. 558,
563 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 2007). Sofris filed a notice of errata stat-
ing that the involuntary petition was a Chapter 11 petition. No
objection to the notice of errata has been filed. The record
confirms that the involuntary petition sought relief under
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Chapter 11. The February 10, 2009 opinion is corrected to
reflect that the involuntary petition invoked Chapter 11, not
Chapter 7.
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