Stephen Sieber v. The Washington Post Companie

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to consolidate case (Local Rule 12(b)) [998688531-2] Originating case number: 8:11-cv-00758-RWT,0:07-bk-21192,0:11-ap-113 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998692728]. Mailed to: Christopher Petito, Derrick Sieber, Leander Barnhill, and Ronald Williams. [11-1364]

Appeal: 11-1364

Document: 9

Date Filed: 10/04/2011

Page: 1 of 3

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-1364

STEPHEN C. SIEBER, Movant/Debtor; DERRICK S.
Movant/Party
in
Interest;
CHRISTOPHER
Movant/Creditor; RONALD WILLIAMS, Movant/Creditor,

SIEBER,
PETITO,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,
and
CHARLES LANGDON, Movant/Creditor,
Plaintiff,
v.
THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANIES; ANGIE'S LIST; JEANNE CROUSE,
Assistant U.S. Trustee - Greenbelt; LEANDER BARNHILL,
Counsel for Assistant U.S. Trustee; CHERYL ROSE; JAMES
HOFFMAN, Special Counsel for Trustee; OFFIT/KIRMAN, Law Firm
of Trustee's Counsel; KEITH HAVENS; WILLIAMS AND CONNOLLY,
Law Firm for the Washington Post; CLARKSON MCDOW, Region IV
U.S. Trustee; ICE MILLER, LLP, Law Firm for Angie's List;
BRACEWELL AND GIULIANI, LLP, Second Law Firm for Angie's
List; PAUL POGUE, c/o Anthony H. Anikeef, Bracewell &
Guiliani, LLP; THOMAS MEADOWS, c/o Anthony H. Anikeef,
Bracewell & Guiliani, LLP; JOHN KELLY, c/o Kevin Hardy,
Williams & Connolly, LLP; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, c/o Todd
Kim, Esq.; ROBERT HARRIS, c/o Todd King, Esq.; JOHN POOLE,
c/o Christopher Hoge, Esq.; TODD JOHANNSEN, c/o Charles
Cate, Esq.; MONICA HAMMOCK, c/o Dale Sanders, Esq.,
Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:11cv-00758-RWT)

Appeal: 11-1364

Document: 9

Submitted:

Date Filed: 10/04/2011

September 29, 2011

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Decided:

October 4, 2011

Before KING, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Stephen Charles Sieber, Derrick S. Sieber, Christopher Petito,
Ronald Williams, Appellants Pro Se. James Martin Hoffman, OFFIT
KURMAN, PA, Bethesda, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Appeal: 11-1364

Document: 9

Date Filed: 10/04/2011

Page: 3 of 3

PER CURIAM:
Appellants seek to appeal the district court’s order
denying

their

motion

to

withdraw

the

order

of

reference

of

Stephen Sieber’s bankruptcy case to the bankruptcy court and
denying

Sieber’s

proposed order.

motion

requesting

the

court

to

adopt

his

This court may exercise jurisdiction only over

final orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (2006), and certain interlocutory
and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. § 1292 (2006); Fed. R. Civ. P.
54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, 54546 (1949).

The order the Appellants seek to appeal is neither a

final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.
Accordingly,

we

deny

Appellants’

motion

to

consolidate

this

appeal with Appeal No. 11-1857, and we dismiss the appeal for
lack of jurisdiction.

We dispense with 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.

DISMISSED

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