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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BAP)

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 This disposition is not designated for publication and may not be cited. 1

Case No. C 07-2851 JF

ORDER GRANTING JOINT REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF APPEAL DIRECTLY TO THE NINTH

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

(JFLC1)

**E-Filed 7/17/2007**

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re. LETICIA I. ACAYA,

 Debtor.

Case Number C 07-2851 JF

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 1

REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF

APPEAL DIRECTLY TO THE NINTH

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

[re: docket no. 4]

WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL ACCEPTANCE,

 Appellant,

 v.

LETICIA I. ACAYA,

 Appellee.

Wells Fargo Financial Acceptance (“WFFA”) appeals the order of the bankruptcy court

filed May 18, 2007 in which that court sustained WFFA’s objection to the confirmation of debtor

Leticia I. Acaya’s (“Acaya”) Chapter 13 plan. The parties states that the specific issues for

appeal are:

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 That sentence provides: 2

“The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to hear appeals

(1) from final judgments, orders, and decrees;

(2) from interlocutory orders and decrees issued under section 1121(d) of title 11 increasing or

reducing the time periods referred to in section 1121 of such title; and

(3) with leave of the court, from other interlocutory orders and decrees;

and, with leave of the court, from interlocutory orders and decrees, of bankruptcy judges entered

in cases and proceedings referred to the bankruptcy judges under section 157 of this title.” 

28 U.S.C. § 158(a).

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CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

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1. Whether the Bankruptcy Court erred in relying upon the California

Commercial Code’s definition of “purchase money” in determining

whether Wells Fargo had a purchase money security interest as Congress

used that phrase in § 1325 of the Bankruptcy Code?

2. Whether Wells Fargo had a purchase money security interest as Congress

used that phrase in § 1325 of the Bankruptcy Code thus preventing the use

of Chapter 13 to strip down its lien?

3. Whether Wells Fargo has a purchase money security interest as that term is

used in California statutes?

Joint Request 2. WFFA and Acaya jointly request certification of the appeal directly to the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals.

 A Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to hear appeals of judgments, orders, and decrees of

a bankruptcy court when:

[T]he bankruptcy court, the district court, or the bankruptcy appellate panel

involved, acting on its own motion or on the request of a party to the judgment,

order, or decree described in such first sentence, or all the appellants and 2

appellees (if any) acting jointly, certify that– 

(i) the judgment, order, or decree involves a question of law as to which there is

no controlling decision of the court of appeals for the circuit or of the Supreme

Court of the United States, or involves a matter of public importance;

(ii) the judgment, order, or decree involves a question of law requiring resolution

of conflicting decisions; or

(iii) an immediate appeal from the judgment, order, or decree may materially

advance the progress of the case or proceeding in which the appeal is taken;

and if the court of appeals authorizes the direct appeal of the judgment, order, or

decree.

28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(2)(A). WFFA and Acaya assert that the order of the bankruptcy court

involves a question of law as to which there is no controlling decision of the Ninth Circuit and

which requires a resolution of conflicting decisions, and that immediate appeal to the Ninth

Circuit will materially advance the progress of the underlying Chapter 13 case. This joint

certification as to these enumerated bases of immediate appeal is a sufficient ground for

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CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

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immediate appeal to the Ninth Circuit. See id. Moreover, the Court has reviewed the submission

of the parties and concludes that they have demonstrated the existence of each of the three bases

for immediate appeal enumerated in 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(2)(A). Accordingly, the joint request of

WFFA and Acaya will be granted. This certification remains subject to the Ninth Circuit’s

determination as to whether to authorize the direct appeal of the bankruptcy court’s order. See id. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 17, 2007.

 

JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 07-2851 JF

ORDER GRANTING JOINT REQUEST FOR CERTIFICATION OF APPEAL DIRECTLY TO THE NINTH

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

(JFLC1)

This Order has been served upon the following persons:

Donald Hogan Cram , III dhc@severson.com, blb@severson.com 

Duane M. Geck dmg@severson.com 

Notice has been delivered by other means to:

Devin Berham-Burk

Chapter 13 Trustee

Post Office Box 50013

San Jose, CA 95150

David G. Epstein 

Haynes and Boonie LLP

901 Main Street

Dallas, TX 75202

Rodney Michael Kleman 

Lawe Offices of Rodney M. Kleman

400 Camino El Estero

Monterey, CA 93940

Office of the U.S. Trustee/San Jose

United States Federal Building

280 South First Street

#268

San Jose, CA 95113-3004

USBC Manager-San Jose

US Bankruptcy Court

280 South First Street

Room 3035

San Jose, CA 95113

Arthur S. Weissbrodt

U.S. Bankruptcy Court

280 South First Street

Room 3035

San Jose, CA 95113

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