Can a panel overturn a decision of a third panel in a personal injury case?

Court precedent, one panel cannot overturn another panel, regardless of how wrong the earlier panel decision may seem to be.") (quoting Hart v. Massanari , 266 F.3d 1155, 117172 (9th Cir. 2001).)²

Unlike attorney disciplinary proceeding costs, the dischargeability of discovery sanctions under California Code of Civil Procedure 2023.030 is a matter of first impression in this court. As is often the case, "the plain language of the Bankruptcy Code disposes of the question before us." Toibb v. Radloff , 501 U.S. 157, 160, 111 S.Ct. 2197, 115 L.Ed.2d 145 (1991).