United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit April 15, 2008, BAP No. CC-07-1367-MoCK. Bankruptcy No. LA 05-43980 AA (Stasz v. Gonzalez (In Re Stasz))

OPINION

MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge.

In the matter before us we hold that an order of civil contempt issued in a contested matter within a main bankruptcy case, unlike in an adversary proceeding, is a final, appealable order. We publish this decision because it requires us to decide an issue of first impression in this circuit regarding the finality of this type of civil contempt order.