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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Appellant has made a motion for the government to pay for two transcripts as part of the 

record on appeal. Doc. 4. Appellee opposes the motion. Doc. 7. The two items are a trial 

transcript dated July 19, 2013 and a deposition transcript dated March 26, 2013. Appellant has 

provided no authority to support her request. Of note, Appellant is not proceeding in forma 

pauperis under 28 U.S.C. §1915. In a bankruptcy appeal, “the appellant shall file with the clerk 

and serve 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 appellee may file and serve on the appellant a 

designation of additional items to be included in the record on appeal....If the record designated by 

any party includes a transcript of any proceeding or a part thereof, the party shall, immediately 

after filing the designation, deliver to the reporter and file with the clerk a written request for the 

transcript and make satisfactory arrangements for payment of its cost. All parties shall take any 

other action necessary to enable the clerk to assemble and transmit the record.” Fed. Rule Bankr. 

Proc. 8006. The opening letter in the appeal sent out by the District Court Clerk’s Office echoes 

that rule, stating “The party ordering transcripts must make satisfactory arrangements for payment 

of their costs. Doc. 2. The local rules of the Eastern District of California do not have any 

SONIA GUILFOYLE,

Appellant

v.

EDUCATIONAL CREDIT 

MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,

Appellee

CASE NO. 1:13-CV-1330 AWI

BANKRUPTCY COURT CASE NO.

 08-16873-A-7

ADVERSARY PROCEEDING NO. 

 11-01230

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR 

TRANSCRIPTS

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provision for government payment of transcripts for appeal; the same is true of the local rules of 

the Eastern District of California Bankruptcy Court and the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate 

Panel. As Appellant has provided no legal basis for her request, it is denied.

As a practical matter, according to the docket in Adversary Case 11-01239, the referenced 

trial transcript has already being produced and is available for view at the Bankruptcy Court 

Clerk’s Office public terminal. See Adversary Case 11-01230, Doc. 216. That transcript is part of 

the record on appeal and Appellant has access to the document. 

Regarding the deposition transcript, the court notes that it was a deposition of Appellant 

taken by Appellee. The bankruptcy local rules state “It shall be the duty of the party requesting a 

deposition to obtain from the reporter the original transcript thereof in a sealed envelope and to 

safely retain the same under conditions suitable to protect it from loss, destruction, or tampering 

until such time as the Court shall order its production.” E.D. Cal. Bankr. Local Rule 7030-1. The 

court presumes that Appellee has the full transcript of the deposition in its possession. As part of 

the underlying proceedings in the bankruptcy court, Appellee submitted excerpts from that 

deposition in support of its motion for summary judgment. See Adversary Case 11-01230, Doc. 

158. Those excerpts are not part of the record on appeal. See Adversary Case 11-01230, Doc. 222. 

Without the full transcript, the deposition of Appellant taken March 26, 2013 will be deemed 

stricken from the designation of record and neither party will be allowed to use any part of it for 

this appeal. Should either party seek to ensure that it remains part of the record on appeal, they 

must provide the full deposition transcript to the Bankruptcy Court Clerk’s office and make it 

available to the opposing party by 3:00 PM on Monday, November 4, 2013. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 30, 2013 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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