NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS

ALONZO NIETO,

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;

HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS

ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED

STATES TRUSTEE,

 Appellees.

No. 13-60011

BAP No. 11-1643

MEMORANDUM*

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;

STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

No. 13-60012

BAP No. 12-1017

FILED

MAY 06 2015

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

 * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent

except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
page 2

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;

UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Sacramento,

 Appellees.

In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN

MARIE DYE,

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO

DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,

 Appellees.,

SEAN GJERDE.

No. 13-60013

BAP No. 12-1016

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;

STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,

 Debtors,

No. 13-60014

BAP No. 12-1019
page 3

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;

UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Sacramento,

 Appellees.

In re: BEN LEANDO DYE; KAELYN

MARIE DYE,

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON; BEN LEANDO

DYE; KAELYN MARIE DYE,

 Appellees.,

SEAN GJERDE.

No. 13-60015

BAP No. 11-1641

In re: HARVEY P. MICKELSEN;

STEPHANIE B. MICKELSEN,

No. 13-60016
page 4

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;

UST - UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Sacramento,

 Appellees.

BAP No. 12-1018

In re: HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS

ALONZO NIETO,

 Debtors,

JAMES PATRICK CHANDLER,

 Appellant,

 v.

JAN P. JOHNSON, Chapter 13 Trustee;

HILDY JEAN ORTIZ; MARCUS

ALONZO NIETO; UST - UNITED

STATES TRUSTEE,

 Appellees.

No. 13-60017

BAP No. 12-1015
page 5

Appeals from the Ninth Circuit

Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

Kirscher, Dunn and Jury, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Submitted April 16, 2015** 

San Francisco, California

Before: KOZINSKI and GRABER, Circuit Judges and BENSON,

*** Senior 

District Judge. 

The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel correctly dismissed Chandler’s appeals of

the bankruptcy court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt against him. 

Chandler was clearly apprised of the contempt proceedings and the bankruptcy

court’s entry of a default judgment of contempt. However, he didn’t move the

bankruptcy court to set aside the entry of the default judgment or for relief from the

default judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c), 60(b). An appeal “‘cannot be used as

a substitute’ for these procedures.” Consorzio Del Prosciutto Di Parma v. Domain

Name Clearing Co., 346 F.3d 1193, 1195 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting Rohauer v.

Friedman, 306 F.2d 933, 937 (9th Cir. 1962)); see also In re Lam, 192 F.3d 1309,

1311 (9th Cir. 1999) (per curiam) (“[A] party may not challenge the entry of

 ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision

without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

 *** The Honorable Dee V. Benson, Senior District Judge for the U.S.

District Court for the District of Utah, sitting by designation.
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default in the first instance in an appellate court; rather, a party must first file an

appropriate motion in the court where the default was entered.”).

AFFIRMED.