Court Opinion

ID: 9495436
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:02:51.627985+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:01.118604
License: Public Domain

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I concur in all but the last paragraph of the majority opinion. I agree that the laches issue was not even properly before the Bankruptcy Court when that court ruled.1 However, I dissent from the majority’s suggestion that Staffer can eventually assert laches as a defense. See Beaty v. Selinger, 306 F.3d 914, 928 (9th Cir.2002) (Fernandez, J., concurring).
Thus, I respectfully concur in part and dissent in part.

. I also agree that a motion to reopen was not required in this case.