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Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
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The Honorable Andrew Bogue, United States District Judge for the District of

South Dakota, sitting by designation.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-3626

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In re: Access Air, Inc. *

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Debtor *

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* Appeal from the United States

Anita L. Shodeen * Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for

* the Eighth Circuit.

Appellee, *

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v. * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Airline Software, Inc. * 

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Appellant. * 

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Submitted: January 11, 2006

Filed: January 30, 2006

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Before BYE and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE,1

 District Judge.

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PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the

Eighth Circuit, which affirmed a decision of the United States Bankruptcy Court for

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The Honorable Russell J. Hill, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the

Southern District of Iowa.

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the Southern District of Iowa2

 in a dispute between Airline Software, Inc., and Anita

Shodeen, the Trustee in the bankruptcy of Access Air, Inc. The Trustee filed a

preference action under 11 U.S.C. § 547(b), seeking to avoid six payments, totaling

$103,006.75, made by Access Air to Airline Software during the preference period.

At trial before the bankruptcy court, Airline Software asserted that the transfers could

not be avoided because Access Air remitted the payments in the ordinary course of

business, see 11 U.S.C. § 547(c)(2) (2000), and because Airline Software provided

new value to Access Air after receiving some of the payments, see id. § 547(c)(4).

The bankruptcy court, finding among other things that the testimony of Airline

Software’s president was not credible, concluded that Airline Software failed to meet

its burden of proof to show that the Trustee could not avoid the preferential transfers,

and thus entered judgment for the Trustee. In a thorough opinion, the BAP affirmed.

On appeal to this court, Airline Software reiterates several contentions rejected

by the BAP, and urges other grounds for reversal that were not advanced before the

BAP. We decline to consider those arguments raised for the first time in this court.

In re Trism, Inc., 328 F.3d 1003, 1008 (8th Cir. 2003). The remaining points amount

to challenges to the factual findings of the bankruptcy court, and they were discussed

in detail by the BAP. Agreeing with the analysis of that panel, and having nothing to

add, we summarily affirm based on the 17-page opinion of the BAP. See 8th Cir. R.

47B.

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