1    UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT  EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY  LONDON DIVISION    IN RE:    CHARLES DOUGLAS ELDRIDGE CARMELITA LYNN ELDRIDGE  DEBTOR(S)      CASE NO. 19-61330  Chapter 7  JAMES WESTENHOEFER Trustee for Bankruptcy Estate of CHARLES DOUGLAS ELDRIDGE AND CARMELITA LYNN ELDRIDGE  vs.  BANK OF THE WEST CHARLES DOUGLAS ELDRIDGE CARMELITA LYNN ELDRIDGE       PLAINTIFF    ADVERSARY NO. 19-06024     DEFENDANTS    MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST  DEFENDANT BANK OF THE WEST    Plaintiff James Westenhoefer requests a summary judgment that the lien of Defendant  Bank of the West on a 2015 Rockwood Travel Trailer, VIN No. 4X4TRLF26F1863590, is not  properly perfected. [ECF No. 24.]See alsoFED. R. CIV. PROC. 56, made applicable by FED. R.  BANKR. PROC. 7056. The Plaintiff is the chapter 7 trustee who is using the trustee’s strong-arm  power to avoid the lien. 11 U.S.C. § 544(a). Default judgment was already granted against the  other Defendants, the Debtors Charles Douglas Eldridge and Carmelita Lynn Eldridge. [ECF  No. 26.]  This Court has jurisdiction of this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1334(b). This is a core  proceeding, 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(k), and venue is proper, 28 U.S.C. § 1409. Summary judgment  Case 19-06024-grs Doc 35 Filed 02/25/20 Entered 02/25/20 10:12:14 Desc Main  Document Page 1 of 3

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