In re: North Cascade Trustee Services Inc

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MINUTE ORDER: The U.S. Trustee asserts that pro se appellant Jennifer Leung incorrectly identified him as a party to her bankruptcy appeal and requests that the Clerk remove the U.S. Trustee from the docket in this matter. The court DIRECTS the Clerk to remove the U.S. Trustee from the docket in this matter. Authorized by Judge James L. Robart. (LH)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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In re:

CASE NO. C21-1362JLR

NORTH CASCADE TRUSTEE SERVICES,
INC.,
Debtor.

Bankruptcy No. 18-11375-TWD

JENNIFER LEUNG,
Appellant,

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v.
NANCY L. JAMES,
Appellee.

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MINUTE ORDER

The following minute order is made by the direction of the court, the Honorable
James L. Robart:
Before the court is a January 4, 2022 letter from the Acting United States Trustee

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for Region 18 (“U.S. Trustee”). (Letter (Dkt. # 20).) The U.S. Trustee asserts that pro se

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appellant Jennifer Leung incorrectly identified him as a party to her bankruptcy appeal
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and requests that the Clerk remove the U.S. Trustee from the docket in this matter. (Id.)

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The court has reviewed the record and agrees that the U.S. Trustee is not an appropriate

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party to Ms. Leung’s bankruptcy appeal. Although Ms. Leung has now filed a notice of

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appeal of the court’s dismissal of her bankruptcy appeal (see Dkt. # 16), the court finds

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that removing the U.S. Trustee from the docket is an appropriate exercise of its

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ministerial functions. See, e.g., Putz v. Golden, No. C10-0741JLR, 2012 WL 5293354, at

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*2 (W.D. Wash. Oct. 26, 2012) (citing Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., 258 U.S. 165,

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177 (1992)). Accordingly, the court DIRECTS the Clerk to remove the U.S. Trustee

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from the docket in this matter.

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Filed and entered this 5th day of January, 2022.
RAVI SUBRAMANIAN
Clerk of Court

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s/ Ashleigh Drecktrah
Deputy Clerk

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