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Chester S. GARBER; et al., Appellants, v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, PA, Appellee, and James Salven, Chapter 7 Trustee, Trustee.
    No. 06-15570.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Argued and Submitted May 14, 2008.
    Filed June 3, 2008.
    Michael T. Hertz, Esq., Lang Riehert & Patch, Fresno, CA, for Appellants.
    Scott M. Reddie, Esq., McCormick Bar-stow Sheppard Wayte & Carruth, LLP, Fresno, CA, for Appellee.
    James Saven, Esq., Pinedale, CA, pro se.
    Before: HUG, KLEINFELD, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
   MEMORANDUM

The Garbers did not file their notice of appeal within 30 days after the judgment in the district court was entered, as required by Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(A). National Union’s motion to amend the district court order did not toll the thirty day time limit because the motion addressed a collateral and independent issue from the merits of the case.

Even if the appeal was not filed late, the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by authorizing payment to National Union from the bankruptcy estate nunc pro tunc. National Union satisfactorily explained its failure to obtain prior judicial approval and demonstrated that its services benefitted the bankrupt estate in a significant manner.2

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
     
      
      . See Buchanan v. Stanships, Inc., 485 U.S. 265, 108 S.Ct. 1130, 99 L.Ed.2d 289 (1988); Leslie v. Grupo ICA, 198 F.3d 1152 (9th Cir.1999); Lupo v. R. Rowland and Co., 857 F.2d 482 (8th Cir.1988).