report indicating that investigation into Debtor’s possible fraudulent conduct was ongoing. Further, Trustee acted to immediately correct the patently inadvertent error in filing the report of no distribution by withdrawing that report and seeking entry of an order reopening the chapter 7 case. Cases once closed may be reopened under § 350(b) “to administer assets, to accord relief to the debtor, or for other cause.” There is no time limit on seeking reopening of a properly closed case. There is considerable doubt, though, that such a § 350(b) reopening negates the effect of the prior closure, such as, for example, the abandonment of assets that were properly scheduled but never administered prior to closing. See DeVore v. Marshack (In re DeVore), 223 B.R. 193, 198 (9th Cir. BAP 1998) (<HOLDING>). And in Menk v. LaPaglia (In re Menk), 241
holding that property is not abandoned by operation of law unless the debtor formally scheduled the property before the close of the case holding that the debtor could retain exempt property because it was not property of the estate holding property that was technically abandoned under  554c was not brought back into estate by virtue of reopening the case holding that reopening closed case was necessary for bankruptcy court jurisdiction holding that a debtor must formally schedule the property before the close of the case in order for such property to be abandoned pursuant to section 554c