in re Deborah A. MacMillan

Filing 5

ORDER & OPINION entered by Judge Joe Billy McDade on 8/11/2017. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Appellant's appeal is DISMISSED pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8003 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The Clerk is directed to enter a judgment dismissing the bankruptcy appeal of appellant, Deborah MacMillan, in case No. 17-bk-80565, instanter. CASE TERMINATED.(JS, ilcd)

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E-FILED Friday, 11 August, 2017 12:25:45 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PEORIA DIVISION DEBORAH A MACMILLAN, Appellant, v. U.S. TRUSTEE, Office of Nancy J. Gargula, Appellee. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. 1:17-cv-01193-JBM ORDER & OPINION The matter before the Court is Appellant Deborah MacMillan’s appeal from the dismissal her bankruptcy proceedings in In re MacMillan, No. 17-bk-80565 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. 2017) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158. On April 19, 2017, Appellant filed a Chapter 13 Voluntary Petition in the Central District of Illinois United States Bankruptcy Court. See In re MacMillan, No. 17-bk-80565 (Bankr. C.D. Ill. Apr. 19, 2017). On April 27, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court issued two orders. One order struck Appellant’s Debtor’s Initial Statement About an Eviction (Form 101A) and Statement About Payment of Eviction Judgment (Form 101B). The other order dismissed Appellant’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy case. (Doc. 2 at 17-18). On May 1, 2017, Appellant filed a “Notice of Appeal on Dismissal of Case and the Striking of Form 101A and Form 101B.” (Doc. 1 at 1). However, since May 1, 2017, Appellant has taken no further action in this appeal despite the several of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, which require Appellant to act within a certain amount of time after filing appeal. See, e.g., Fed. R. Bank. P. 8014 (requiring appellant to serve and file a brief within 30 days after the docketing of the notice that the record has been transmitted or is available electronically1). On August 2, 2017, the Court issued Appellant an order to show cause as to why no action has been taken in the three months the bankruptcy appeal has been pending. See August 2, 2017 Text Order. The Court gave Appellant seven days to show cause as to why this appeal should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8003 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). It is now August 11, 2017, and Appellant has not responded to the Court’s Order to Show Cause. Appellant has also not taken any steps to progress her appeal. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Appellant’s appeal is DISMISSED pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8003 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b) for failure to prosecute. The Clerk is directed to enter a judgment dismissing the bankruptcy appeal of appellant, Deborah MacMillan, in case No. 17bk-80565, instanter. CASE TERMINATED. Entered this __11th___ day of August, 2017. s/ Joe B. McDade JOE BILLY McDADE United States Senior District Judge On May 18, 2017, Notice that the record had been transmitted was docketed. (Doc. 2). On May 19, 2017, the Clerk mailed Appellant a copy of that notice. 1 2

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