Beverly Byrd v. James Hoffman

Filing 920090813

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1521

In re:

BEVERLY BYRD; RALPH T. BYRD, Debtors.

- - - - - - - - - - - - BEVERLY BYRD; RALPH T. BYRD, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v.

JAMES M. HOFFMAN, Defendant ­ Appellee, and GREGORY P. JOHNSON, Trustee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge. (8:07-cv-01730-AW)

Submitted:

July 10, 2009

Decided:

August 13, 2009

Before NIEMEYER and Senior Circuit Judge.

MICHAEL,

Circuit

Judges,

and

HAMILTON,

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ralph T. Byrd, Laytonsville, Maryland, for Appellants. Stephen A. Metz; John D. Sadler, SHULMAN, ROGERS, GANDAL, PORDY & ECKER, P.A., Rockville, Maryland; James M. Hoffman, GOREN, WOLFF & ORENSTEIN, LLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Beverly and Ralph Byrd appeal from the district

court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's order granting in part the bankruptcy trustee's emergency motion for relief from the automatic stay, declaring void the state court complaint filed by the Byrds, imposing an injunction, and denying their motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the parties'

briefs, the joint appendix, and the lower courts' opinions and orders and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for See Byrd v. Hoffman, We deny the Byrds'

the reasons stated by the district court.

No. 8:07-cv-01730-AW (D. Md. Mar. 31, 2008).

motion for oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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