DaimlerChrysler Financial Services v. Samek ( 2008 )


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  •                                 UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 07-1917
    DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS, LLC,
    Creditor - Appellant,
    v.
    RICHARD VERNON SAMEK,
    Debtor - Appellee.
    No. 07-1918
    DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCIAL SERVICES AMERICAS, LLC,
    Creditor - Appellant,
    v.
    RICHARD VERNON SAMEK,
    Debtor - Appellee.
    Appeals from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern
    District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Stephen C. St. John, Bankruptcy
    Judge. (06-72001-SCS)
    Submitted:    August 28, 2008             Decided:   September 10, 2008
    Before MICHAEL, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
    Vacated and remanded by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Stephen P. Hale, Jacob C. Zweig, HALE, DEWEY & KNIGHT, PLLC,
    Memphis, Tennessee; M. Richard Epps, Sara A. John, M. RICHARD EPPS,
    P.C., Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellant. Michael J. Heath,
    Virginia Beach, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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    PER CURIAM:
    DaimlerChrysler Financial Services Americas, LLC, appeals
    directly    from    the    bankruptcy    court’s     orders     overruling      its
    objection   and     confirming   the    Chapter     13   plan   of    the    Debtor,
    Richard Samek. The bankruptcy court held that the bankruptcy code,
    as   amended   by    the   Bankruptcy       Abuse   Prevention       and    Consumer
    Protection Act of 2005 (“BAPCPA”), permits the debtor to surrender
    undersecured collateral in full satisfaction of a secured claim.
    In light of our decision in Tidewater Fin. Co. v. Kenney (In Re
    Kenney), 
    531 F.3d 312
     (4th Cir. 2008), we vacate the bankruptcy
    court’s orders and remand for further proceedings consistent with
    Kenney. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
    contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
    court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    VACATED AND REMANDED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 07-1917

Filed Date: 9/10/2008

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021