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In re: MICHAEL L. STERBA and SANDRA L. STERBA, Debtors. _____________________________________ MARVIN A. SICHERMAN, TRUSTEE Plaintiff - Appellee, v. MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A. Defendant - Appellant. |
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Appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
No. 06-13322, Adversary No. 06-2037.
Argued: February 6, 2008
Decided and Filed: February 29, 2008
Before: FULTON, RHODES, and SCOTT, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.
JOSEPH M. SCOTT, JR., Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge. The chapter 7 trustee filed an adversary proceeding in the debtors’ chapter 7 case pending in the Northern District of Ohio seeking to avoid preferential transfers from MBNA America Bank, N.A. (“Appellant”) in the amount of $8,206 under 11 U.S.C. §§ 544, 547, and 551 and Ohio Revised Code § 1313.56. The Appellant appeals an order of the bankruptcy court denying its motion to dismiss the adversary proceeding for improper venue pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1409(b).