NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUL 18 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In re: DUSTIN ROGER CHANTEL; No. 15-60055
ELIZABETH DARLENE CHANTEL,
BAP No. 14-1514
Debtors.
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MEMORANDUM*
DUSTIN ROGER CHANTEL;
ELIZABETH DARLENE CHANTEL,
Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Appellee.
Appeal from the Ninth Circuit
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
Pappas, Jury, and Kirscher, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Submitted July 11, 2017**
Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Chapter 7 debtors Dustin Roger Chantel and Elizabeth Darlene Chantel
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
appeal pro se from a judgment of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (“BAP”)
affirming the bankruptcy court’s order denying the debtors a discharge. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We affirm.
In the opening brief, the debtors fail to address how the bankruptcy court
erred in denying them a discharge. As a result, the debtors have waived their
challenge to the bankruptcy court’s order. See Smith v. Marsh, 194 F.3d 1045,
1052 (9th Cir. 1999) (“[O]n appeal, arguments not raised by a party in its opening
brief are deemed waived.”); Greenwood v. FAA, 28 F.3d 971, 977 (9th Cir. 1994)
(“We review only issues which are argued specifically and distinctly in a party’s
opening brief.”).
We reject as without merit the debtors’ contentions concerning their right to
a jury trial and court-appointed counsel, and regarding the timeliness of the United
States Trustee’s adversary proceeding complaint.
The debtors’ “motion to grant default judgment under Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure 55” (Docket Entry No. 20) is denied.
AFFIRMED.
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