Richard P. Cook v. United States of America

Filing 17

ORDER granting 14 Motion to Consolidate Cases. The appeals in Richard P. Cook, Plan Trustee for Yahweh Center, Inc. v. United States of America, Case No.: 7:19-cv-00077-D and Richard P. Cook, Plan Trustee for Yahweh Center, Inc. v. SunTrust Bank, Case No.: 7:19-v-00111-D, are hereby consolidated into a single case in front of United States District Judge James C. Dever, III. (1) Appellant's Brief with a page limit of 50 pages shall be due 30 days from the date this Order is entered; ( 2) Appellees' respective Briefs of no more than 30 pages in the case of SunTrust and 45 pages in the case of the United States shall be due 45 days from the date Appellant's Brief is filed; and (3) Appellant's Reply Brief of no more than 25 pages shall be due 25 days from date Appellee's Brief is filed. Signed by District Judge James C. Dever, III on 7/23/2019. (Stouch, L.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN DIVISION

RICHARD P. COOK, Plan Trustee for
Yahweh Center, Inc.
Appellant,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Appellee.

RICHARD P. COOK, Plan Trustee for
Yahweh Center, Inc.
Appellant,

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SUNTRUST BANK,
Appellee.

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Case No. 7:19-cv-00077-D

Case No. 7:19-cv-00111-D

ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE APPEALS

THIS MATTER comes before the Court upon the motion of Appellant Richard P. Cook,
Plan Trustee for Yahweh Center, Inc. ("Appellant") and Appellees United States of America
("United States") and SunTrust Bank ("SunTrust," together with United States, "Appellees")
(Appellant and Appellees are collectively, the "Parties") to consolidate and set a unified briefmg
schedule for the appeals by Appellant from Orders dismissing Appellees from adversary
proceeding, Richard P. Cook, Plan Trustee for Yahweh Center, Inc. v. Carla J. Roberts, et al.,
Case No.: 18-00082-5-JNC (Bnkr. E.D.N.C.) (the "Adversary Proceeding"), and with the consent
of the Parties and for good cause shown,

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, the appeals in Richard P. Cook, Plan Trustee for

Yahweh Center, Inc. v. United States of America, Case No.: 7:19-cv-00077-D and Richard P.
Cook, Plan Trustee for Yahweh Center, Inc. v. SunTrust Bank, Case No.: 7:19-cv-00111-D, are
hereby consolidated into a single case in front of United States District Judge James C. Dever,
III.

It is further ordered that for the consolidated case a unified briefing schedule is
established as follows: (1) Appellant's Brief with a page limit of 50 pages shall be due 30 days
from the date this Order is entered; (2) Appellees' respective Briefs of no more than 30 pages in
the case of SunTrust and 45 pages in the case of the United States shall be due 45 days from the
date Appellant's Brief is filed; and (3) Appellant's Reply Brief of no more than 25 pages shall be
due 25 days from date Appellee's Brief is filed.

SO ORDERED, this the .2..3_ day of July 2019.

United States District Judge