IN RE MARTECH USA, INC.

BAP No. AK-95-1339-MeJeNa. Bankruptcy No. A93-00889-DMD.

188 B.R. 847 (1995)

In re MARTECH USA, INC., Debtor. J.P. MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC., Smith Barney Shearson and Grace Brothers, Inc., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES TRUSTEE and Kenneth W. Battley, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Case and Arnon D. Siegel, Washington, DC, for appellants.

Paul W. Koval and Rebecca S. Copeland, Anchorage, AK, for appellee Battley.

Barbara L. Franklin, Anchorage, AK, for appellee U.S. Trustee.

Before MEYERS, JELLEN and NAUGLE, Bankruptcy Judges.


OPINION

MEYERS, Bankruptcy Judge.

I

The bankruptcy court for the District of Alaska refused to appoint a New York resident as Chapter 7 trustee, on the basis that he did not have an office in Alaska. Several creditors appeal this ruling.

We AFFIRM.

II

FACTS

On December 19, 1993, Martech USA, Inc. filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition. The case was converted to Chapter 7 on December 21, 1994.

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