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Parties Involved:
Dorothy L. Gregory
Appellant
Ronald W. Gregory
Appellant
Ross J. Wabeke
Appellee

Document Text:

FI LED 

Unit~ States Court of Appeals 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Ci:cuit 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

In re: RONALD w. GREGORY; ) 

DOROTHY L. GREGORY, ) 

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Debtors, ) 

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RONALD W. GREGORY; DOROTHY L. GREGORY, ) 

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Appellants, ) 

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v. ) 

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ROSS J. WABEKE, Trustee, ) 

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Appellee. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

APR 2 6 1;~)1 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 90-1325 

(D.C. No. 90-C-906) 

(D. Colorado) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Ronald w. and Dorothy L. Gregory originally filed a Chapter 

11 bankruptcy proceeding which subsequently was converted into a 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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Chapter 7 proceeding. They appeal to this court the district 

court's dismissal of an appeal in which they objected to the 

trustee's sale of certain commercial real estate they owned in 

Wyoming. The Gregorys make various arguments of misfeasance on 

the part of the trustee, the bankruptcy court, and the district 

court. But the only issue in this appeal is whether the Gregorys' 

appeal must be dismissed because they failed to file it timely 

under the bankruptcy rules. 

The bankruptcy court entered an order approving the sale of 

the property on April 27, 1990; the order was entered on its 

docket on May 2, 1990. The Gregorys' notice of appeal was filed 

May 21, 1990, although they assert they prepared the notice on May 

11 and transmitted it by facsimile on that date. There is nothing 

in the record to substantiate the allegation in their brief about 

the facsimile transmission. Bankr. R. 8002(a) requires that the 

notice of appeal be filed with the clerk within ten days of the 

date of the entry of the judgment from which the appeal was taken. 

No request for an extension of time was made. 

The appeal from the bankruptcy court's order has to be filed 

with the district court. 28 U.S.C. S 158(a). The Gregorys attempted to appeal directly to this court but the district court 

properly treated the matter as an appeal to the district court, as 

there is no procedure permitting bypass of the district court. 

Compliance with the rules on timeliness of appeals is mandatory and not waivable except by the application for an extension 

of time pursuant to and within the time limitations of Bankr. R. 

8002(c). Although the Gregorys complain of lack of notice, it is 

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apparent that they knew that the sale was being approved on 

April 27, when they filed their objections. It is the duty of the 

litigating parties to keep themselves apprised of the orders of 

the court, and even the failure of the court to notify parties of 

its order does not extend the time for appeal. See Fed. R. Civ. 

P. 77(d); Bankr. R. 9022; Lathrop v. Oklahoma City Housing Auth., 

438 F.2d 914, 915 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 404 U.S. 840 (1971); 

In re Frontier Airlines, 108 Bankr. 274, 277 (D. Colo. 1989). 

AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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