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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

In re: GARY ROBERT SULLIVAN 

and YVONNE SULLIVAN, 

Debtors. 

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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ENGLEWOOD, ) 

N.A.; THE ARMSTRONG RUBBER COMPANY;) 

C. ITOH & CO. (AMERICA), INC.; ) 

H. CHRISTOPHER CLARK, as Trustee, ) 

Creditors-Appellees, 

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United States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Grcuit 

JAN 8 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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GARY ROBERT SULLIVAN, 

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No. 90-1007 

(D.C. No. 89-F-1083) 

(District of Colorado) 

Debtor-Appellant, 

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YVONNE SULLIVAN, 

Debtor. 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, MOORE, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

The parties have agreed that this case may be submitted for 

decision on the briefs. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(f); 10th Cir. R. 

* 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. 

Appellate Case: 90-1007 Document: 010110069674 Date Filed: 01/08/1991 Page: 1 
34.1.2. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral 

argument. 

Mr. Sullivan, a chapter 7 debtor, appeals from a bankruptcy 

court order denying discharge. Applying a clear and convincing 

evidence standard, the bankruptcy court found, inter alia, that 

(1) Mr. Sullivan failed to make accurate and complete submissions 

of information in a timely manner, as required by the Bankruptcy 

Code; (2) Mr. Sullivan failed to keep, or concealed or destroyed, 

information pertaining to his financial condition; (3) 

Mr. Sullivan knowingly and with intent to deceive his creditors 

made a false oath his on financial statement and schedules; (4) 

Mr. Sullivan knowingly and with intent to deceive the trustee and 

his creditors withheld information relating to his financial 

affairs; and (5) Mr. Sullivan failed to comply with an order of 

the bankruptcy court requiring the production of documents. Based 

on these findings, the bankruptcy court determined that denial of 

discharge was appropriate under 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(3), (4), (5) 

and (6). The district court, acting in its bankruptcy appellate 

capacity, affirmed the bankruptcy court. 

We conclude that the findings of the bankruptcy court are not 

clearly erroneous. We therefore affirm the order of the district 

court for the reasons set out therein. 

AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 90-1007 Document: 010110069674 Date Filed: 01/08/1991 Page: 2