HANCOCK v. McDERMOTT

No. 09-6203.

646 F.3d 356 (2011)

William HANCOCK, Appellant, v. Daniel M. McDERMOTT; Michael Gigandet, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 18, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Caldwell Hancock , the Hancock Law Firm, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Michael Gigandet , Law Office of Michael Gigandet, Pleasant View, Tennessee, Beth Roberts Derrick , Office of the United States Trustee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William Caldwell Hancock , the Hancock Law Firm, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Beth Roberts Derrick , Lloyd E. Mueller , Office of the United States Trustee, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

ROGERS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which KETHLEDGE, J., joined. BATCHELDER, C.J. (p. 360), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the conclusion.


OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Attorney Hancock appeals from the district court's summary affirmance of the bankruptcy court's denial of his application for fees connected with a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Hancock's repeated failure to comply with the rules for bankruptcy appeals, however, warranted summary affirmance by the district court without reaching the merits of his appeal.

Hancock represented Barnhill's Buffet, Inc. in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

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