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Parties Involved:
2001 Trinity Fund, LLC
Appellant
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
Appellee
L. Win Holbrook
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY APPELLATE PANEL

OF THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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IN RE 2001 TRINITY FUND, LLC,

 Debtor.

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2001 TRINITY FUND, LLC,

 Plaintiff - Appellant,

v.

CARRIZO OIL & GAS, INC.,

 Defendant - Appellee,

and

L. WIN HOLBROOK, Chapter 7 Trustee,

 Trustee - Appellee.

BAP No. WO-15-047

Bankr. No. 09-16236

Adv. No. 10-01181

Chapter 7

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

November 23, 2015

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Before KARLIN, Chief Judge, MICHAEL, and SOMERS, Bankruptcy Judges.

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Appellant 2001 Trinity Fund, LLC appeals the Order Granting Motion for 

Summary Judgment entered by the bankruptcy court on September 17, 2015. [Adv. ECF 

No. 89]. 

Appellant filed the Notice of Appeal in the bankruptcy court on October 21, 2015, 

which was outside the fourteen-day period to file an appeal provided by Federal Rule of 

Bankruptcy Procedure 8002(a)(1). [Adv. ECF No. 109]. Appellant also filed the 

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Debtor’s Motion to Extend Time to Appeal (“Motion to Extend”), requesting that the time 

to appeal be extended beyond the fourteen-day period on October 21, 2015. [Adv. ECF 

No. 111].

Upon receipt of the Notice of Appeal, this Court entered its Order Regarding 

Status Updates on October 22, 2015, requiring Appellant to indicate the status of the 

pending Motion to Extend within fourteen days from the entry of the order or the appeal 

would be dismissed. [BAP ECF No. 4]. Appellant did not file a status report with the 

Court within fourteen days and the Court dismissed the appeal on November 9, 2015. 

[BAP ECF No. 12]. Appellant filed Appellant’s Initial Status Report report on 

November 13, 2015, indicating the bankruptcy court set a hearing on the Motion to 

Extend for November 17, 2015. [BAP ECF No. 13]. The Court construed the status 

report as a motion to reopen the appeal and entered its Order Reopening Appeal on that 

same day, ordering Appellant to provide an updated status report on the bankruptcy 

court’s ruling on the Motion to Extend by November 20, 2015. [BAP ECF No. 15].

The record reflects that in addition to the Motion to Extend, Defendant’s Motion to 

Strike Pleadings, filed by Appellee Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., was also heard on November 

17, 2015. [Adv. ECF No. 113].

Appellant filed a status report on November 19, 2015 indicating that the 

bankruptcy court entered its Order Granting Motion to Strike Pleadings, striking the 

Notice of Appeal on November 18, 2015. [Adv. ECF No. 152]. Appellant filed a 

supplemental status report on November 20, 2015 indicating that the bankruptcy court 

entered its Order Denying 2001 Trinity Fund LLC’s Motion to Extend Time to Appeal

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and Order Denying 2001 Trinity Fund LLC’s Second Corrected Motion to Intervene on 

November 19, 2015. [Adv. ECF No. 154 & 155].

Accordingly, because the Notice of Appeal is untimely and the bankruptcy court 

denied the Motion to Extend, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This Appeal is DISMISSED.

2. All deadlines previously set in this Appeal are VACATED.

For the Panel

Blaine F. Bates

Clerk of Court

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