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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 The court notes that the business card that appellants' counsel handed to the court reporter states

that he has practiced bankruptcy law since 1985. Although counsel represented at the hearing that

this is his first bankruptcy appeal, it is unreasonable to excuse an attorney, especially one who

specializes in bankruptcy and has been practicing for over a decade, for failure to look at the

statutory rules governing bankruptcy procedure and failure to take any action to pursue a bankruptcy

appeal for over nine months.

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION—No. C-09-00904 RMW

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

E-FILED on 1/4/10

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

In re MARISSA B. LAMUG and DAN

FAMULARCANO,

 Appellants.

No. C-09-00904 RMW

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

The instant bankruptcy appeal was filed on March 2, 2009, and no action has been taken on

the matter since. On December 3, 2009, the court issued an order requiring appellants to appear on

December 18, 2009 and to show cause why the case should not be dismissed for lack of prosecution. 

Appellants' counsel did not file any written response but did appear at the hearing. His only

explanation for his failure to take any action after filing the notice of appeal was that he had not

handled a bankruptcy appeal before and therefore did not know what to do.1

 Even a cursory review

of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure would have informed appellants' counsel of the

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deadline for filing with the clerk and serving on the appellee a designation of the items to be

included in the record on appeal and a statement of the issues to be presented. The court finds

appellants' failure to take any action in this case for over nine months justifies, if not requires,

dismissal for failure to prosecute. Therefore, the court dismisses the action. The clerk shall close

the file. 

DATED: 1/4/10

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been sent to:

Counsel for Appellants:

Drew Henwood 

Law Offices of Drew Henwood

41 Sutter Street

Suite 621

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Counsel for Trustee:

John Stephen Wesolowski john.wesolowski@usdoj.gov 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 1/4/10 CCL

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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