Wyttenbach v. Commissioner (In Re Wyttenbach)
Wyttenbach v. Commissioner (In Re Wyttenbach)
Opinion
William Hayes Wyttenbach appeals an order affirming the bankruptcy court’s “Order Striking Pleadings and Retroactively Annulling Automatic Stay.” The bankruptcy court held that Wyttenbach was ineligible to be a debtor because he did not comply with the credit counseling requirements in 11 U.S.C. § 109(h). Wyt-tenbach appealed to the Southern District of Texas but neither disputed that he failed to fulfill the credit counseling requirements nor contended that the bankruptcy court’s reliance on 11 U.S.C. § 109(h) was in error. Instead, Wytten-bach challenged the bankruptcy court’s order only on the grounds that he filed his chapter 7 petition as a “man,” not a “trust” — grounds upon which the bankruptcy court did not rely. In his current brief, Wyttenbach does not assert that the lower court’s reliance on 11 U.S.C. § 109(h) was improper; he again argues only that the lower courts misidentified him as a “trust” rather than a “man.” We conclude that the district court did not err in affirming the bankruptcy court’s order.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
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