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Parties Involved:
Edward R. Kohout
Appellant
United States Trustee
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1912

EDWARD R. KOHOUT,

Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,

Trustee - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern 

District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, 

District Judge. (1:13-cv-00183-IMK)

Submitted: July 21, 2015 Decided: July 23, 2015

Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior 

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edward R. Kohout, Appellant Pro Se. Ramona D. Elliott, Deputy 

Director/General Counsel, P. Matthew Sutko, Associate General 

Counsel, Sumi K. Sakata, Trial Attorney, Executive Office for 

United States Trustees, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,

Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Edward R. Kohout appeals the district court’s order affirming 

the bankruptcy court’s order: (1) sustaining the Trustee’s 

objection to Kohout’s application for employment as counsel in the 

underlying bankruptcy proceeding, and (2) requiring Kohout to 

disgorge $24,000 in fees he received for legal services. We have 

reviewed the parties’ briefs and the record included on appeal and 

have found no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the 

reasons stated by the district court. United States Trustee v. 

Kohout, No. 1:13-cv-00183-IMK (N.D.W. Va. Aug. 4, 2014). We 

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions 

are adequately presented in the materials before this court and 

argument would not aid in the decisional process. 

 

AFFIRMED

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