United States v. Sebastian Ahmed

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How courts have described this case

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• holding that an abuse of discretion on the part of a bankruptcy court is either “(1) a decision resting on an error of law . . . or (2) a decision that . . . cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions”
• holding that an abuse of discretion on the part of a bankruptcy court is either “(1) a decision resting on an error of law . . . or (2) a decision that . . . cannot be located within the range of permissible decisions”
• observing that “simple neglect” in failing to take timely action, including dilatory conduct on the part of the trustee, does not constitute the “extraordinary circumstances” necessary to justify nunc pro tunc relief
• “‘simple neglect’ on the part of a debtor in failing to take timely action does not constitute the ‘extraordinary circumstances’ necessary to justify nunc pro tunc relief.”
• “we have defined [abuse of discretion] as . . . a decision ‘rest[ing] on an error of law (such as application of the wrong legal principle) . . . ’” (quoting Zervos v. Verizon N.Y., Inc., 252 F.3d 163, 169 (2d Cir. 2001)

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