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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 

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FI LED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

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SEP 2 2 1989 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk IN RE: ) 

) 

EDWARD LEON SOWDER, JUDITH ANN SOWDER, ) 

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Debtors, ) 

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EDWARD LEON SOWDER, JUDITH ANN SOWDER, ) 

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Debtors-Appellees, ) 

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v. ) 

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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF EUREKA, ) 

KANSAS, ) 

) 

Appellant. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 87-2210 

(D.C. No. 87-1189) 

(D. Kan.) 

Before LOGAN, SEYMOUR, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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The issue on appeal in this case is whether the bankruptcy 

debtors' livestock, exempt from the bankruptcy estate by virtue of 

state statute, is also protected by the lien avoidance provisions 

of 11 u.s.c. § 522(f)(2)(B) as a "tool of the trade." 

We affirm the holding of the district court in finding that 

11 u.s.c. § 522(f) permits the lien on this debtor's livestock to 

be avoided. See Heape v. Citadel Bank of Independence, F. 2d 

, No. 88-1739 (10th Cir. September 22, 1989). 

The judgment of the United States District Court for the 

District of Kansas is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

Appellate Case: 87-2210 Document: 01019973984 Date Filed: 09/22/1989 Page: 2