John C. Scotchel, Jr. v. Martin Sheehan

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:13-cv-00161-IMK,1:12-bk-00009. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999475110]. Mailed to: Helen Scotchel. [14-1301]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1301

JOHN CHARLES SCOTCHEL, JR.,
Debtor - Appellant,
and
HELEN HOLLAND SCOTCHEL,
Debtor,
v.
MARTIN PATRICK SHEEHAN, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of
John C. Scotchel, Jr., and Helen H. Scotchel,
Trustee - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg.
Irene M. Keeley,
District Judge. (1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-00009)

Submitted:

October 28, 2014

Decided:

November 14, 2014

Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Charles Scotchel, Jr., Morgantown, West Virginia, for
Appellant.
Martin P. Sheehan, SHEEHAN & NUGENT, P.L.L.C.,
Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
John

Charles

Scotchel,

Jr.,

appeals

the

district

court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining
the trustee’s objection and finding that the entire amount of a
contingency
bankruptcy

fee

award

estate.

We

was

properly

have

includable

reviewed

the

in

record

Scotchel’s
included

on

appeal, as well as the parties’ briefs, and find no reversible
error.

Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the courts

below.

Scotchel v. Sheehan, Nos. 1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-

00009 (N.D. W. Va.

Mar. 3, 2014; June 25, 2013).

We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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