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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 28:0158 Notice of Appeal re Bankruptcy Matter (BA

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IN	THE	UNITED	STATES	DISTRICT	COURT	FOR	THE

SOUTHERN	DISTRICT	OF	ALABAMA

SOUTHERN	DIVISION

In	Re: )

)

RICHARD	D.	HORNE and	 )

PATRICIA	NELSON	HORNE, )

)

Debtors, )

)

MARY	BETH	MANTIPLY, )

) CIVIL	ACTION	NO.	13-00258-CB-B

Plaintiff/Appellant, )

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v. )

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RICHARD	D.	HORNE	and )

PATRICIA	NELSON	HORNE, )

)

Defendants/Appellees. )

ORDER

Appellees have	filed	a	motion	for	award	of	additional	attorneys’	fees	in	

connection	with	the	second	of	two	appeals.	(Doc.	69.)		Appellant	has	filed	an	

objection	to	the	motion.		By	separate	opinion	entered	this	date,	this	Court	has	once	

again	affirmed	the	decision	of	the	bankruptcy	court.		However,	Appellees	are	not	

entitled	to	recover	attorneys’	fees	incurred	in	the	second	appeal.		

In	support	of	their	motion,	Appellees	argue	that	“[a]ppellate	attorneys’	fees	

and	costs	are	recoverable	herein	under	this	Court’s	order	of	October	28,	2013	(Doc.	

36),	adopting	the	holding	of	Parker	v.	Pioneer	Credit	Co.	of	Ala.	(In	re	Parker),	419	

B.R.	474,	476	(M.D.	Ala.	2009),	that	appellate	attorneys’	fees	constitute	continuing	

mandatory	damages	in	the	appeal	of	the	Bankruptcy	Court	herein.”		(Appellees’	Mot.	

¶	1.)		To	be	clear,	that	order	held	that	attorneys’	fees	were	mandatory	and	

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recoverable	on	appeal	under	11	U.S.C.	§	362(k)	and	Parker	for	violation	of	the	

automatic	stay.

1 The	second	appeal (for	which	Appellees	now	seek	additional	

attorneys’	fees) involves	violation	of	the	discharge	injunction.

2		Neither	Parker	nor

the	Court’s	prior	order	authorizes	recovery	of	attorneys’	fees	incurred	on	appeal	of	

sanctions	for	violation	of	the	discharge	injunction.		

The	motion	is,	therefore,	DENIED.

DONE and	ORDERED this	the	8th day	of	April,	2014.

s/Charles	R.	Butler,	Jr.	

Senior	United	States	District	Judge

																																																							 1 The	first	appeal	involved	violations	of	both	the	automatic	stay	and	the	

discharge	injunction.		

2 See	Opinion	of	April	8,	2014,	at	13.

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