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In re Shahzad KHALIGH, Debtor. Shahzad Khaligh, Appellant, v. Fred Hadaegh, Appellee.
    No. 06-55361.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 15, 2007.
    
    Filed Nov. 8, 2007.
    Simon J. Dunstan, Hughes & Dunstan, LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, for the appellant.
    Paul A. Beck, Law Offices of Paul A. Beck, Sherman Oaks, CA, for the appellee.
    
      Before: FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ and KIM MeLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and RANER C. COLLINS, District Judge.
    
      
       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.
    
   ORDER

Shahzad Khaligh appeals the decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, which affirmed the bankruptcy court’s determination 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 confirmed 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 (9th Cir.BAP 2006).

AFFIRMED.