Harrell v. Drake

Filing 14

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL/CASE. This case is closed. Signed by Judge Dudley H. Bowen on 1/13/15. (cmr)

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SARALAND, LLLP,

IN RE:

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COI'RT FOR T H E
TIIE IJNITED STATES DISTRICT
OF GEORGIA
SOUTIIERN DISTRICT
DT'BLIN DIVISION

IN

Case No. 314-129
(Bankr. Case No. 12-30113)

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Debt or .

ORDER

Court denied the Appeflant

On December 9, 20L4, rhis
!{.

Harrel .I' s

annoi nrmenwal

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molion

nf
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ir

fo

\]oyr

the

dismissa-L of

proceed

Lo

rhis

had caused to

"Motion

for

'
i^tAd

a

to

Produce"

fhe

2014.

The

"Motion

(Doc. No, 7. )

Court

also

is

Clerk

recFi

and a

rtr.Finf

filing,

\/Fd

Mr.

Order prior
in

in a single

Order,

Obvious.ly, Mr.

the Court's

of

to

^f

which is

f l-tr

f il i nrr

nn

December L0. 2414.
2

the

fn his filing
"production"
of,

7 l1v1o. e -L\ u L s - r r l - a
. aa/
y
h^rf

i^na

hi
af

c
Fhc

annc:
rannrr]

of December LA, 201-4, Mr. Harrell
seeks
tnter alia,
1) instructions
on how to
t

na
|i r e f t
fnr

r ru . .r {r iY ^
n
u .r
.anna:1.

har.,
?)

rn
in

rtoci
fnrma

^n^l

a

rat

n>,rnaric

or,:nt
fnrmc

and instructions;
3) transcripts
of bankruptcy proceedings; 4)
the Erustees and the bankruprcy
"communications" involving
a n d u n f i L e d " c o m m u n i c a ti o n s " f r o m M r .
court;
5) afl
flfed
the
bankruptcy
court;
and 6)
aff
Harref l- to
evidence
errnnrrrf

Harre]l

i nrv

tha

l_\rnL rr)nj- -\/

seeks an extension

.n

rrrj- 'q

rTrr'lorq

of time to

:nd

nrnneod

correct

I

face

or

this

The motions are contained
J

fee

fifed

be

mnfin-S.2

la.Anhpr

f ri r r rlr yi n o
l

for

H:rrol

of

Extension of Time."r

rhesp

-eorri -ed
q

Mr

Lo receipt

Harref .I had not had the benefit
ri r i-.'r

annoel

and

Prior

appeaf.

Harre.l]

pauperis

forma

bankrrrn-r-rr
fhe

n^v

in

Lister

inae

the defects

Mr

of

d

f i f r ll L i f n a
!r
j

rl:rari

nanamhar

include

"Motions

"Motions

to

1 ?

to

ti1

Answer

'.M.f i^n

en.l

Stay

to

fn

.-

^^^t-

Amend Notice

Extend

Adversary

Amend alI

f-^rrncol.,,

nh

and

to

Answer and Amend Motions
to

whi

Answer and Amend Motions

Answer and Amend Motions

and

A

to

f.r

to

"Motion

t'MoLion to

and Continue, "

and for

i ^6^

Appeals, "

of

Produce, "

Emergency Injunction
'tMotion

Proceedings, "

ahiF.l-

-^t

Appoint

to

& proceed

en-nnanc:t.ion

IFp.,,

(Doc. No. 13. )
The
fi

l i nnc

first

Court

/rn.f

^i^+ri^+

'isf

i.ns

uuu!L

Ui

^nlv

clearly

dellneate

Court
Mr.

Court

in

.Jnl

,,'\na

Harrell

up to

.;|eA

rr

of

:nraal

(Doc. No. 7,)

1s

.:hiinn

has

directed
naca

fiIing

ll1

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f ih.l

fhe

failrrrp

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13 appeals

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in

this

in

however,

court,

this

fr^h

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i e

but not both.

As a disrrict

c

i ^a

be made eithe.r

Court,

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and the

ha

FederaL courts,

throa

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fi

and

f it lr irn n y r
r
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hrr^f

h' s

should

jurisdiclion,

.

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Court

- l ' hi c
th^i

recent
caSeS

/

this

an additional

nrrer

court

r'^,rrf

December 2014.

q..li-ti6n

innlr.dinrr

nr..\/

Scates Bankruptcy

filed

irrri

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cases in

:nd

wheLher the

limited

h:e

eight

HarreII's

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cruuu!urrL9rl'

eo.PLr(,rr.

P:nLr

Harre.LI

Mr.

l s r,! .r h4L t rs! l, , - f
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,

r

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the month of

!R ^t n !L r rLrgn , L v u ! L ^ J\ u u v n ag^r r L r r
a] ^ uP
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'
t ro.

hic

r-

or rhe United

are courts
a^rrrf

in

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l c

nnnr;in

this

l^

i n

rrhil-^6n+ah

that

h,.'rinla

oPPsqr

have been docketed
rrndarl

notes

n^^-^^^

filinc

€ao

f h6

in

described
inr-rolcinrr

or

::'v!LuJrrrY

11?1/-t\.

redrrr-i no

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l?\

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its
i-i

l-i1-i

nn

ami

with

nothing

for

court

the

do but

to

practice
hJ\ /
!

over
I'ni j-arl

tLh ,a
i c

.Last year

the
q. ^raq

Mr. HarrefL
orders

r

rnA

e,

is

without

cnnn

l- ha

filing

also
-r

R r r ' le

must do so wit.hin fourteen

h - d+ i ^ L r ' t
pr r 1l

8002.

I e r r i c r - l.
filina

ff

abusive

f ha

fil-er

i nr-l rrdi nn lrrrl. not
ta

Mr

E l arrahrh

!997)

appealing

.\/

f-n'rrl-

r.rilL

more than a shot-gun
Cl erkt

n on the

s

rhe Unjted States

r- i rnrrii

r].rrAl

an appropriate
of
u!

R a n k r r u P ur , ^ r r
rn

!qr|r!

days of entry

Harrell

Mr.

r
,
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u u _ L- d1r, _ L y ,w, _l Ll L, r rru u L

deemed an

on

a^,rri

^ !f
u

a^^ar'l

dlJyraf

-

o

-

forewarned Lhat he may not appeaf inLerlocutory

ayPEaf,

Rufe

is nolhing

of Lhe UnjLed StaLes Bankruplcy Courr,
aU U r r
L ^, L

of

RrnLnrnf

f haj- i s .:arrsi no rrnclrre ha-rlshi

^j- a Ann-.a/-l^

^r

of

execute

93 (11'h Cir.

111 F.3d 92,

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crri

S

A final

ends the litigaLion

The practice

ni

l_eave

28 U.S.C. S 158(a) .

not be tolerared.

Office

U.S.C.

1-1-odl

rr!\re!

sve]-y

appeals

11

unde.r
orders

"one that

re FuIton,

fn

Harrell's

Mr.

is

court

and leaves

iudqment. "

neriods

i nf erl..rrrrorv

See qenerallv

o-rder in a bankruptcy
the merits

rrme

(2) interlocutory

in 28 U.S.C. S 158(a) (3) and Fed. R. Bankr.

& 8003.

P. 8001(b)

l-he

nihcr

as described

courl/

S 158(a) (1);

28 U.S.C.

l

continues
.-\ f-

n;l/manf

IimiLed
fi

to
lin^

the

for

feave to

R003-

Pror:ed,rre

of the subject
on

the

.f

order,
path,

1-.a

ne

sanctions

ratr-rr

anrj he

cunent

-f
- _i Lt.; r ^ - L n gfl ^ - e ,
e

apDropriate

and

urithnrrt-

:
_

motion

m ,
mra,y

r,

oe

will

be

An\,, anncl

1al_s

v!qJrIuvvLrrq(

Now, in

of the insrant

consideration

t o d i s m . i s s M r . H a r r e f . l - 's a p p e a f a t t h i - s t i m e .

constrained

Order from which he appeals
but

rather

qnrroht

to

fo

appeaf is

motion

not

whether
for

srrh

fjIe

leave

filed,
to
to

shnrrlcl

the Notice

from

n ran-cr]

ni n.'r \ihaf
a

har

barkr,-^f

^r'

forth

in

same standard

set

.ji s.rFti
r-n'rrf

s

of

eh^r",, i-haf

l1l

tha

nrripr

(2) over which there
opinion

among courts,

issue woufd materiaffv
Iitigation.
bankruptcy

District

t.\

Harrefl's

appeaf

wil l

or

Fed.

R.

consider

f l^e sl- rano-h

fOf

leave

may stil-

d.irect

that

a

Bankr.

P.

wheL.her _Ieave
-he

oF

rer-o-d

e16l

^^lrrr-

rh^

28 U.S.C.

€

i n r-a-r- l- -n r- - n , r y
-- ' n - rr -

.'trani- di cnretinnarrr

d

s

.]iStriCt

diSCfiCC

en

and (3) the

I ino

in/r

the

Cateroiflar

termination

a]1ow
Inc.

mrst
-f

law

ditference

immediate resofution

shoul-d

LO the

n:ri\r

.r'lFqf i.\h

ground for

advance the ultimate
courts

USeS

COUTIS

annoal

,a /^on- rol

a substancial

COUrt

(
S 1,292 b) , which governs

fr^m

(h\

129?

nresenl-

is

court

has not

on November L9, 20L4.

appea.Ls sparingly.

'l'he

mot.iOn

The

judgmenL,

or

Harrelf

a

fi]ed."

:nna:l

IIndcr

:nnealq-

to

be

on

i nterl.\^,,r^.i,

onarv

and Mr.

trrran if

i - r ^ is C o , r r t

of Appeal fifed

Tn rlcl- crmi
annealc

he

l

leave

appeaf

l.

annea-

:nnc:

order

a final

however, the district

Arr-ordr no- \/-

\v/

not

orderr,'

"grant

Rn0l /nt
vvvJ

is

an interLocutorv

IaavF

consider

appeaL, che Court is

of

of
the

of the

interlocutory
v.

Lewis,

Bankruptcy
Order appealed
from denies
Motion to Extend Deadfine DaLes to Appeal.

519

Mr.

U.S. 61, 14 (L996) ("Routine resort
comporl w-Lrh Congress'

nardly
rorli

design

to

federal- courts

leave

and deni-es Mr. Harrell

Accordingly,

for
IT

a

to

Clerk is directed

f he

its

discretion

appeal because he has not met
inLerlocutory

discret.ionary

that
IS ORDERED

For

.

fha crrrrri e.ercises

Ilno^ dua conside-:-inn

inLerl ocutory

retaininc

judgment rule.")

final

a firm

standard

reserve

^-a'lv

r a ^ve-LaJn tr iv nrra^ 1 '
L
I L
r
f

cr^, f.\r

Ehe

to S 1292(b) requests wou.Ld

the

appeal.

be DISMISSED.

appeaf

The

pending motj

t o C L O S Et h e c a s e , a n d a f f

DENIED AS MOOT.{
OF.DERENTERED at

Auqusta,

Georgia,

/

this

January, 2015,

]TED ST

a
Anne.al

On December 19,
l-,.r tha

Flarrcnrh

20L4, Mr.

Ci

rnr|iJ-

a.\rrri-

Harreff
^f

DISTRICT JU

fil,ed

An^a:l<

a Notice
.hhailina
r

qPPUq

lrrY

of
ri rh o
!

December 9, 2014 Order direct ing the paymenr of che fiLing
(Doc. No. 8,)
The Notice of Appeal was accompanied by
fee,
a m o t i o n f o r f e a v e t o a p p e a l i n f o r m a p a u p e r i s a n d m o cL o n t o
(Doc. Nos. 9 & 10. )
a p p o i n L c o u n s e . I.
Because a final
judgment or order had not been entered in this case at that
nninj'imraroner

pauperis

Mr

H:rrall's
Ar:r:ordi

nnf
nnl

rr

i i^a

af

hie

m.'f

and motion to appoint

:nnr':l
i,.ln

ic
l- .

n Lr q .u s
y ! r a [m L t i! , .

nrnr-oo^

PrvuuLv

6
in

:nd
fnrna

counsef are DENIEDAS MOOT.