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IN RE KUSEK

BAP No. MS 11-028. Bankruptcy No. 10-30346-HJB. Adversary No. 10-03018-HJB.

461 B.R. 691 (2011)

Thomas Eugene KUSEK, a/k/a Tom Kusek, a/k/a Thomas E. Kusek, Debtor. L. Jed Berliner, Esq., Appellee, v. Lisa A. Kusek, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit.

November 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Bourguignon, Jr., Esq., Springfield, MA, on brief, for Appellant.

L. Jed Berliner, Esq., Springfield, MA, on brief, for Appellee.

Before HAINES, LAMOUTTE, and KORNREICH, United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.

HAINES, Bankruptcy Judge.

Before us is Lisa Kusek's appeal from the bankruptcy court's order denying her motion for sanctions against Thomas Kusek's attorney, L. Jed Berliner. Attorney Berliner, in turn, asks us to sanction Lisa for prosecuting a frivolous appeal.

We conclude that the bankruptcy court acted within its discretion in denying Lisa's motion for sanctions. We do not accept her protest that the court's refusal to hear the motion and to enter findings...

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