No. 24-905

Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee v. Jorden Marie Saldana

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-02-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1) Experienced Counsel
Tags: bankruptcy-code chapter-13 circuit-split debtor-contributions retirement-accounts unsecured-creditors
Latest Conference: 2025-06-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, debtors can voluntarily contribute to their own retirement accounts rather than pay back unsecured creditors—and if so, when (and in what amount) such contributions might be permissible.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether, under the Bankruptcy Code, debtors can voluntarily contribute to their own retirement accounts rather than pay back unsecured creditors—and if so, when (and in what amount) such contributions might be permissible

Docket Entries

2025-06-23
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-09
Reply of Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee submitted.
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2025-06-09
Reply of petitioner Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee filed. (Distributed)
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2025-06-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2025.
2025-05-16
Brief of Jorden Saldana in opposition submitted.
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2025-05-16
Brief of respondent Jorden Saldana in opposition filed.
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2025-04-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 16, 2025.
2025-04-17
Motion of Jorden Saldana for an extension of time submitted.
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2025-04-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2025 to May 16, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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2025-03-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2025.
2025-03-26
Amicus brief of ACA International submitted.
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2025-03-26
Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.
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2025-03-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 26, 2025 to April 25, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
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2025-02-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 26, 2025)
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Attorneys

ACA International
Leah Conway Dempsey — Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schreck, LLP, Amicus
Jorden Saldana
Michael J. Primus — Law Office of Michael J. Primus, Respondent
Michael John Primus — Law Offices of Michael J. Primus, LC, Respondent
Martha G. Bronitsky, Chapter 13 Trustee
Daniel L. Geyser — Haynes and Boone, LLP, Petitioner