Opinion ID: 3064648
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Text: [1] We have jurisdiction over “final decisions” of the BAP under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). Although there is some question as to the finality of the BAP’s decision because the BAP vacated the portion of the bankruptcy court’s order suspending Price and remanded for further proceedings, see Foothill Capital Corp. v. Clare’s Food Mkt., Inc. (In re Coupon Clearing Serv., Inc.), 113 F.3d 1091, 1098 (9th Cir. 1997), we have 4982 IN THE MATTER OF LEHTINEN jurisdiction over a non-final order in a bankruptcy case where “the appeal concerns primarily a question of law,” DeMarah v. United States (In re DeMarah), 62 F.3d 1248, 1250 (9th Cir. 1995); accord Bonner Mall P’ship v. U.S. Bancorp Mortgage Co. (In re Bonner Mall P’ship), 2 F.3d 899, 904 (9th Cir. 1993), cert. granted, 510 U.S. 1039 (1994), dismissed as moot, 513 U.S. 18, 29 (1994). This case concerns the bankruptcy court’s power to sanction. Because this is a purely legal question, we have jurisdiction. See Knupfer v. Lindblade (In re Dyer), 322 F.3d 1178, 1187 (9th Cir. 2003). [2] Although Price argues that the proceeding is non-core, the acts and events upon which his suspension was predicated occurred in the course of his representation of debtor in matters central to the administration of her case. As such, the disciplinary hearing fits well within the ambit of a core proceeding. 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(A).1