Mantiply v. Horne et al

Filing 74

ORDER denying 56 Motion for Disbursement of Funds. Signed by Senior Judge Charles R. Butler, Jr on 4/8/2014. (adk)

IN
 THE
 UNITED
 STATES
 DISTRICT
 COURT
 FOR
 THE

SOUTHERN
 DISTRICT
 OF
 ALABAMA

SOUTHERN
 DIVISION

In
 Re:

)

)

RICHARD
 D.
 HORNE
 and

)

PATRICIA
 NELSON
 HORNE,

)

)

Debtors,

)

)

MARY
 BETH
 MANTIPLY,

)

)

CIVIL
 ACTION
 NO.
 13-­‐00258-­‐CB-­‐B

Plaintiff/Appellant,

)

)

v.

)

)

RICHARD
 D.
 HORNE
 and

)

PATRICIA
 NELSON
 HORNE,

)

)

Defendants/Appellees.

)

ORDER

On
 January
 9,
 2014,
 Appellees
 filed
 a
 motion
 requesting
 this
 Court
 to
 direct

the
 bankruptcy
 court
 clerk
 to
 pay
 over
 the
 supersedeas
 bond
 posted
 by
 the

Appellant
 in
 bankruptcy
 court
 when
 Mantiply
 filed
 the
 first
 of
 two
 appeals.

 (Doc.

56.)

 Appellant
 filed
 an
 objection
 to
 the
 motion.
 (Doc.
 57.)
 This
 Court
 does
 not

instruct
 the
 bankruptcy
 court
 clerk
 as
 to
 payment
 of
 funds
 held
 in
 the
 bankruptcy

court’s
 registry.

 That
 is
 the
 function
 of
 the
 bankruptcy
 court.1

 Accordingly,
 the

motion
 is
 DENIED.

DONE
 and
 ORDERED
 this
 the
 8th
 day
 of
 April,
 2014.

s/Charles
 R.
 Butler,
 Jr.

Senior
 United
 States
 District
 Judge

1
 Even
 this
 Clerk
 were
 inclined
 to
 issue
 direct
 orders
 to
 the
 bankruptcy
 clerk,

it
 would
 not
 be
 appropriate
 here.
 Appellee’s
 motion
 is
 premised
 on
 the
 mistaken

belief
 that
 final
 judgment
 had
 been
 entered
 with
 respect
 to
 the
 first
 appeal.

 It
 had

not.

 The
 Court’s
 opinion
 had
 been
 entered,
 but
 the
 rules
 require
 a
 separate

judgment.

 See
 Fed.
 R.
 Bankr.
 R.
 8016(a)
 (clerk
 of
 court
 for
 district
 court
 or

Bankruptcy
 Appellate
 Panel
 prepares
 and
 signs
 judgment).