Opinion ID: 6341368
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: standard of review

Text: “[A]n order of the district court functioning in its capacity as an appellate court in a bankruptcy case is subject to plenary review.” Jackson v. Novak (In re Jackson), 593 F.3d 171, 176 (2d Cir. 2010). In other words, we independently review the bankruptcy court’s decision, “accepting the bankruptcy court’s factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous[] and reviewing its conclusions of law de novo.” Id. A bankruptcy court’s decision on sanctions is reviewed for abuse of discretion. See Solow v. Kalikow (In re Kalikow), 602 F.3d 82, 91 (2d Cir. 2010). The bankruptcy court “necessarily abuse[s] its discretion if it based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law or on a clearly erroneous assessment of the evidence.” Id. (internal quotation marks omitted).