IN RE PINO

BAP No. CO-23-008 Bankr. No. 22-10351.

657 B.R. 264 (2024)

IN RE Edward Lenny PINO, Debtor. Edward Lenny Pino, Appellant, v. Lynn Martinez, Chapter 7 Trustee, John Stewart, and Krista Stewart, Appellees.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit.

Filed March 11, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Hyde Swift of the Law Office of Stephen H. Swift, P.C., Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Appellant Edward Lenny Pino.

Jonathan Dickey of Kutner Brinen Dickey Riley, P.C., Denver, Colorado for Appellees John Stewart and Krista Stewart.

Harvey Kramer of Kramer Law LLC, Montrose, Colorado for Appellee Lynn Martinez, Chapter 7 Trustee.

Before HALL, LOYD, and HERREN, Bankruptcy Judges.


OPINION

Litigants often ask courts to decide an issue based on the "plain meaning" of a statute. This well-established method of interpreting the law, however, requires that an individual statutory section not be plucked out of the context of its broader, statutory framework. In this case, the appellant debtor...

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