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A Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (abbreviated BAP) is authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 158(b) to hear, with the consent of all parties, appeals from the decisions of the United States bankruptcy courts in their district that otherwise would be heard by district courts, but only in those districts in which the district judges authorize appeals to BAPs.[1] BAPs typically sit as three-judge panels composed of bankruptcy judges appointed from the circuit's districts, with the restriction that no judge may participate in an appeal arising from that judge's own district.[1]
Not all of the federal judicial circuits have convened a BAP. As of 2011[update], only the First, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits had convened these panels.[1]
- ^ a b c "Court Insider: What is a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel?". www.uscourts.gov. November 16, 2012. Retrieved June 28, 2016.