Robert Semian and Other Clients of MRHFM v. Aldrich Pump LLC, et al.

Filing 8

ORDER granting 4 Appellants and Appellees to Defer Briefing on Appellants' Motion for Leave to Appeal. Signed by Senior Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr on 01/24/2024. (mdp)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
3:24-cv-00044-RJC
ROBERT SEMIAN AND OTHER
CLAIMANTS OF MAUNE RAICHLE
HARTLEY FRENCH & MUDD, LLC,

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Appellants,
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v.
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ALDRICH PUMP LLC, ET AL
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Appellees.
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In re
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ALDRICH PUMP LLC, ET AL
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Debtors.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the Joint Motion of Appellants and
Appellees to Defer Briefing on Appellant’s Motion for Leave to Appeal. (Doc. No. 4.)
On January 11, 2024, Appellants Robert Semian and other clients of MRHFM
(“Appellant”) filed a Notice of Appeal to this Court from an order of the Bankruptcy
Court. (Doc. No. 1.) That same day, Appellants filed a Motion for Leave to Appeal,
(Doc. No. 2), and a Request for Certification of Direct Appeal to the Court of Appeals
(“Motion for Direct Appeal”). On January 17, 2024, the parties filed the instant Joint
Motion of Appellant and Appellee to Defer Briefing on Appellant’s Motion for Leave
to Appeal. (Doc. No. 4).
Recognizing that rulings related to the Motions for Direct Appeal are unlikely
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to occur before the parties and the Court expend considerable time and resources on
the Motion for Leave and in order to proceed efficiently and avoid unnecessary
expenditure of the parties’ and the Court’s time, the Joint Motion of Appellant and
Appellee to Defer Briefing on Appellants Motion for Leave to Appeal is granted.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that:
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The Joint Motion of Appellants and Appellees to Defer Briefing on
Appellants Motion for Leave to Appeal, (Doc. No. 4), is GRANTED;

2.

Appellants shall file notice (“Deferral Termination Notice”) on this
Court’s docket upon the occurrence of either the entry of a final order by
the Bankruptcy Court denying the Motion for Direct Appeal or the entry
of a final order by the Fourth Circuit denying a petition for appeal; and

3.

Appellees shall submit their response to Appellants’ Motion for Leave to
Appeal, (Doc. No. 2), 14 days following the filing of the Deferral
Termination Notice; and

4.

Appellants shall submit any reply in support of their Motion for Leave
no later than 14 days after Appellees file their response.

Signed: January 24, 2024

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