Robin Grathwol v. Coastal Carolina Developer

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 7:14-cv-00082-F,12-00294-8-SWH,13-00023-8-SWH Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999733213].. [15-1233, 15-1236, 15-1237]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-1233

In Re:
ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL, a/k/a Robin Grathwol Tinney,
a/k/a Robin Grathwol Randall,
Debtor.
----------------------------ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED; B. LEON SKINNER;
BLS LANDS, LLC; WALTER T. WILSON; COSWALD, LLC,
Defendants - Appellees.

No. 15-1236

ANN F. GRATHWOL LIVING TRUST; ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED; COSWALD, LLC; B.
LEON SKINNER; WALTER T. WILSON; HANOVER LAND, LLC.; W AND B
INVESTMENT COMPANY, INCORPORATED,
Defendants - Appellees.

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No. 15-1237

LEGACY GROUP OF NC, INC.,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
v.
COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED,
Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge.
(7:14-cv-00082-F; 7:14-cv-00083-F; 7:14-cv00084-F; 12-00294-8-SWH; 13-00023-8-SWH; 13-00024-8-SWH; 1300025-8-SWH)

Submitted:

November 30, 2015

Decided:

January 11, 2016

Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

George Mason Oliver, LAW OFFICE OF OLIVER & CHEEK, PLLC, New
Bern, North Carolina, for Appellants. David James Haidt, AYERS
& HAIDT, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
The Appellants in these consolidated appeals seek to appeal
the

district

orders

court’s

dismissing

orders

each

of

affirming
the

the

three

bankruptcy

underlying

proceedings for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

court’s

adversary
Because we

find that the proceedings were not “related to” the Chapter 11
bankruptcy case in which they were filed, see Valley Historic
Ltd. P’ship v. Bank of N.Y., 486 F.3d 831, 835 (4th Cir. 2007),
we

affirm

for

the

reasons

stated

by

the

district

court.

Grathwol v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc.; Ann F. Grathwol
Living Trust v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc.; Legacy Group
of NC, Inc. v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc., Nos. 7:14-cv00082-F;
2015).
legal
before

7:14-cv-00083-F;

7:14-cv-00084-F

(E.D.N.C.

Jan.

12,

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions
the

court

are

adequately

and

argument

addressed

would

not

in
aid

the
the

materials
decisional

process.
AFFIRMED

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