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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

In re Elegant Custom Homes, Inc., 

Debtor. 

Elegant Custom Homes, Inc., et al.,

Appellants,

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Elaine M. Dusharm, 

Appellee. 

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No. CV 06-2574-PHX-DGC

ORDER

Appellants have filed a motion for stay of judgment pending appeal. Dkt. #18. The

Court has reviewed the memoranda filed by the parties. Dkt. ##18, 29, 31. The Court will

deny the motion.

The Bankruptcy Court entered judgment in favor of Appellee on October 6, 2006.

Dkt. #18 at 3. The Court affirmed the judgment of the Bankruptcy Court on May 14, 2007.

Dkt. #14. Appellants have sought review in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (Dkt. #23)

and seek to stay judgment against them pending this appeal. Dkt. #18.

Appellee responds that an identical motion to stay is pending before Bankruptcy Judge

Redfield T. Baum. Dkt. #29 at 1. On March 1, 2007, Judge Baum conditionally granted the

motion to stay, but has not yet ruled on which party’s proposed order to accept. Id. at 4. In

reply, “Appellants concur that the identical Motion is still currently pending before Redfield

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T. Baum in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona and he should

resolve this motion before it is presented to this court.” Dkt. #31. 

The motion before Judge Baum is consistent with Federal Rule of Bankruptcy

Procedure 8005, which provides: “A motion for stay of the judgment, order, or decree of a

bankruptcy judge, for approval of a supersedeas bond, or for other relief pending appeal must

ordinarily be presented to the bankruptcy judge in the first instance.” Additionally, because

the Bankruptcy Court was the trial court in this matter, resolution by the Bankruptcy Court

is consistent with the general notion that “[w]hile the power to stay enforcement of a

judgment resides in the appellate courts as well as the trial courts, it is usually exercised by

the trial court.” In re Wymer, 5 B.R. 802, 807 (B.A.P. 9th Cir. 1980). The Court will deny

the motion.

IT IS ORDERED that Appellant’s motion to stay judgment (Dkt. #18) is denied. 

DATED this 5th day of July, 2007.

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