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Parties Involved:
Gevorg G. Poladyan
Plaintiff
Armine Asatryan
Plaintiff
Tapan Trivedi
Defendant
Emeric Ambrus
Interested Party
Judith Ambrus
Interested Party

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POSTED ON WEBSITE

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

In re

GEVORG GEORGE POLADYAN and

ARMINE ASATRYAN,

Debtors. 

GEVORG G. POLADYAN and

ARMINE ASATRYAN,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TAPAN TRIVEDI,

Defendant. ___________________________________

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Case No. 17-27397-E-13

Adv. Proc. No. 18-2130

This Supplemental Memorandum Decision is not appropriate for publication. 

It may be cited for persuasive value on the matters addressed. 

SUPPLEMENTAL MEMORANDUM OPINION AND DECISION

The trials in Adversary Proceedings 18-2130 and 18-2014 were concluded with the court

stating its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law orally on the record. Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a), Fed.

R. Bankr. P. 7052. The trials for the two Adversary Proceedings were jointly conducted due to the

necessary determination of facts and conclusions of law that are common to both Adversary

Proceedings. This Supplemental Memorandum is issued to document the Undisputed Facts as

agreed by the Parties and clearly state the burden of proof/persuasion standards for the two

Adversary Proceedings, and is made as part of the court’s Findings and Conclusions.

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The Parties have documented the undisputed facts in their Statement of Undisputed Facts

filed in Adversary Proceeding 18-2130 on July 22, 2019 (Dckt. 68), a copy of which is attached

hereto as Addendum “A.”

Adversary Proceeding 19-2130 was one commenced by Gevorg Poladyan and Armine

Asatryan, the two Debtors in the Chapter 13 case No. 17-27397 (“Debtors”), objecting to the claim

filed by Tapan Trivedi, the predecessor in interest to Judith Ambrus and Emeric Ambrus

(“Creditors”), who were substituted in as the real parties in interest for the trial. Judith Ambrus and

Emeric Ambrus were asserting in Adversary Proceeding 18-2014 that the obligation represented by

their claim was nondischargeable. 

For the claim asserted in Proof of Claim No. 1-1, the prima facie evidentiary value of Proof

of Claim No. 1-1 was rebutted by the two Debtors, placing the burden of proof on Creditors to

establish the claim by a preponderance of the evidence, as well as the alleged grounds for

nondischargeability of the asserted claim. Lundell v. Anchor Constr. Specialists, Inc., 223 F.3d

1035, 1039 (9th Cir. 2000); Grogan v. Garner, 498 U.S. 279, 289-291 (1991).

As stated on the record, the court determined that Creditors failed to establish there was an

obligation owed upon which a claim could be asserted and for which an obligation could be

determined nondischargeable.

Judgment has been granted for Debtors in both Adversary Proceedings and against Creditors

on all claims therein. Separate judgments are entered by the court for each Adversary Proceeding.

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Law Offices of Peter G. Macaluso

Peter G. Macaluso #215730

7230 South Land Park Drive #127

Sacramento, California 95831

Telephone: 916-392-6591

Facsimile: 916-392-6590

Attorney for Creditor,

Tapan Trivedi, Administrator

of the Estate of Ortansa

Ambrus-Cernat

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO

IN THE MATTER OF

GEVORG G. POLADYAN,

ARMINE ASATRYAN,

DEBTORS,

GEVORG G. POLADYAN

ARMINE ASATRYAN

CASE NO. 17-27397-0-7

ADV. NO. 18-02130

DATE: AUGUST 5, 2019

TIME: 10:00 A.M.

DEPT: E - COURTROOM 33

HONORABLE JUDGE SARCIS

PLAINTIFFS

V.

TAPAN TRIVEDI,

ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE

ESTATE OF ORTANSA

AMBRUS-CERNAT

DEFENDANT. /

JOINT STATEMENT

OF UNDISPUTED FACTS

Plaintiff, Gevorg G. Poladyan and Armine Asatryan,

(hereinafter "Plaintiffs" or "Debtors") and Defendant, Tapan

trivedi. Administrator for the Estate of Ortansa Ambrus-Cernat

(hereinafter "Defendant"), by and through their respective

undersigned attorneys hereby submit this joint statement of

undisputed facts.

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Instructions to Clerk of Court

Service List - Not Part of Order/Judgment

The Clerk of Court is instructed to send the Order/Judgment or other court generated

document transmitted herewith to the parties below. The Clerk of Court will send the document

via the BNC or, if checked ____, via the U.S. mail.

Debtors / Plaintiff-Debtors Attorney for the Debtors

Bankruptcy Trustee (if appointed in the

case)

Office of the U.S. Trustee

Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse

501 I Street, Room 7-500

Sacramento, CA 95814

Peter G. Macaluso, Esq.

7230 South Land Park Drive, #127

Sacramento, CA 95831

Peter L. Cianchetta, Esq.

8788 Elk Grove Blvd., Ste. 2A

Elk Grove, CA 95624

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