Broughton v. Hinson, Trustee
Filing
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ORDER denyting as moot 50 Motion for Extension of Time to File; denying 51 Motion for negation of untruthful order and; denying 53 Motion for a new hearing. Signed by US District Judge Terrence W. Boyle on 4/24/2017. Copy sent to pro se appellant via US Mail to 2529 White Oak Rd., Raleigh, NC 27609. (Stouch, L.)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
No. 5:15-CV-575-BO
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No. 5:16-CV-209-BO
CELESTE G. BROUGHTON,
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Appellant,
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WALTERL. HISNON, Trustee, eta!.,
Appellees.
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ORDER
This matter is before the Court on several identical motions filed by appellant following
entry of judgment cases No. 5:15-CV-575-BO and No. 5:16-CV-209-BO. Appellant seeks a one
day extension of time to file a motion, negation of the untruthful order entered November 18,
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2016, and a new hearing pursuant to Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or
Bankruptcy Rule 8022. Appellees have filed limited responses and the matters are ripe for
ruling.
BACKGROUND
Appellant is the debtor in the underlying Chapter 7 proceeding, the reference of which
was withdrawn by order of this Court on May 20, 2016. See No. 5:15-CV-302-BO. These cases
represented appeals from orders of the bankruptcy court which appellant had filed prior to the
withdrawal of the reference. By orders entered October 4, 2016, and November 18, 2016, the
Court dismissed the appeal in No. 5:16-CV-209-BO as having been moote~ by the withdrawal of
the reference and affirmed the orders of the bankruptcy court on appeal in No'. 5:15-CV-575-BO.
In the instant substantive motions, appellant requests that the Court recognize the factual and
legal errors made in its November 18, 2016, order affirming the decisions of the bankruptcy
court and that it strike such qrder.
DISCUSSION
Rule 8022 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure permits the bankruptcy
appellate panel or the district court to, upon a sufficient showing by the moving party, make a
final disposition of the appeal without reargument, restore the case to the calendar for
reargument or resubmission, or issue any other appropriate order. Rule 8022 "provides the sole
mechanism for filing a motion for rehearing in a federal district court." Matter of Eichelberger,
943 F.2d 536, 538 (5th Cir. 1991); see also In re Bli Farms, partnership, 465 F.3d 654, 658 (6th
Cir. 2006) (noting that Rule 59 was not applicable to district court sitting as bankruptcy appellate
court). The rule requires the movant to "state with particularity each point of law or fact that the
movant believes the district court or BAP has overlooked or misapprehended and [] argue in
support of the motion." Fed. R. Bank. P. 8022(a)(2). "Petitions for rehearing function to ensure
that the court properly considered all relevant information in reaching its decision; they should
not be used to 'simply reargue the plaintiffs case or assert new grounds."' Maines v.
Wilmington Sav. Fund Soc'y, No. 3:15CV00056, 2016 WL 6462141, at *1 (W.D. Va. Oct. 31,
2016) (citation omitted).
At the outset, the Court denies appellant's motion for extension of time as moot as her
motion was filed within the fourteen-day period provided by Rule 8022 in case No. 5:15-CV575-BO. Appellant's substantive motions requesting rehearing or review of the Court's orders
are in essence reassertions of arguments she has made previously and which have already been
considered by the Court. Further, appellant requests that this Court order the investigation of
appellees for federal crimes, which is relief the Court is unable to grant in this posture.
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Appellant having demonstrated no basis for reconsideration of this Court's order affirming the
orders of the bankruptcy court, the motions for negation of the untruthful order and motion for
new hearing are properly denied.
CONCLUSION
Appellant's motion for one day extension of time is DENIED AS MOOT. Appellant's
motion for negation of untruthful order and motion for new hearing are DENIED. Although
appellant's substantive motions do not appear to challenge the order and judgment entered in
case No. 5:16-CV-209-BO, 1 the clerk is DIRECTED to file this order in cases No. 5:15-CV-575BO and No. 5:16-CV-209-BO as appellant has captioned the instant motions with both case
numbers.
SO ORDERED, thisJ._!j day of April, 2017.
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TERRENCE W. BOYLE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Moreover, any motion filed under Rule 8022 in case No. 5:16-CV-209-BO would be untimely
as appellant sought a one day extension well-after the fourteen day period had expired in that
case.
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