In an appeal from the Bankruptcy Court’s order voiding a payment made by the Debtor to Plaintiff as a preferential transfer, the order is affirmed where the payments, which were made from the Debtor’s other credit card accounts for debt consolidation purposes, constituted “transfer[s] of an interest of the debtor in property” under 11 U.S.C. section 547(b).

Read the full decision in Bank of America, N.A. v. Mukamai, No. 08-15958.

Appellate Information:

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of FloridaD.C. Docket Nos. 08-21730-CV-ASG, 07-01532 BKC-LMOpinion filed on June 18, 2009

Judges:

Before MARCUS and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge. Honorable Harvey E. Schlesinger, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation.

Opinion by SCHLESINGER, District Judge.

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