IN RE PHILLIPS

No. 04-6025EM.

317 B.R. 518 (2004)

In re Seena Y. PHILLIPS, Debtor. Ross H. Briggs, Appellant, v. John V. LaBarge, Jr., Trustee-Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Eighth Circuit.

Filed November 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Harry Briggs, St. Louis, Missouri, for appellant.

Diana Spuhl Daugherty, St. Louis, Missouri, Joseph M. Wilson of St. Louis, Missouri, appeared on the brief, for appellee.

Before KRESSEL, Chief Judge, MAHONEY and VENTERS, Bankruptcy Judges.


KRESSEL, Chief Judge.

Ross Briggs appeals from the order of the bankruptcy court1 granting the trustee's motion for sanctions against him pursuant to Fed. R. Bankr.P. 9011. The parties argue about numerous issues, but we consider the principle issue in this appeal to be whether Briggs violated Rule 9011 when he filed a voluntary petition for the debtor without her signature. We conclude that he...

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