Court Opinion

ID: 9493316
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 15:04:46.384886+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:55:46.742520
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RYMER, Circuit Judge,
dissenting:
Whether or not it would have been more felicitous for the U.S. Trustee to move under 11 U.S.C. § 707(b), I am persuaded by In re Zick, 931 F.2d 1124 (6th Cir.1991), that “good faith” has long been understood as an implicit requirement in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, and that “lack of good faith is a valid basis of decision in a ‘for cause’ dismissal by a bankruptcy court.” Id. at 1127. Lack of
*1195good faith is manifest when a debtor such as Padilla deliberately racks up debts he has no ability to repay and then seeks to shield himself from creditors through bankruptcy. I would, therefore, affirm the bankruptcy court’s dismissal of the petition.