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Parties Involved:
Stephen Thomas Yelverton

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-7156 September Term, 2016

1:15-cv-01844-TSC

Filed On: January 4, 2017

In the Matter of: Stephen Thomas Yelverton,

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Stephen Thomas Yelverton,

Appellant

ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

BEFORE: Henderson, Tatel, and Srinivasan, Circuit Judges

J U D G M E N T

This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.

34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s November 5, 2015 order

dismissing appellant’s bankruptcy appeal be affirmed. Although the filing injunction

relied on by the district court in this case does not apply to bankruptcy appeals, see

U.S. ex rel. Yelverton v. Fed. Ins. Co., 831 F.3d 585, 589 (D.C. Cir. 2016), this court

nonetheless affirms the bankruptcy court’s dismissal on the merits, see Jones v.

Bernanke, 557 F.3d 670, 676 (D.C. Cir. 2009) (“[W]e may affirm a judgment on any

ground the record supports”). Appellant is barred by the doctrine of res judicata from

avoiding the transfer of the Homeplace tract to appellees under either 11 U.S.C. § 548

or § 522. By order filed August 6, 2015 in Yelverton v. Marm, No. 11-7063, this court

dismissed the appeal of the district court’s order affirming the dismissal of the adversary

proceeding No. 10-bk-10004 as moot, without vacatur. See U.S. Bancorp. Mortg. v.

Bonner Mall P’ship, 513 U.S. 18, 393 (1994) (“Mootness by reason of settlement does

not justify vacatur of a judgment under review.”). Further, because the Homeplace tract

is not property of the bankruptcy estate, appellant’s claim of exemption is without effect. 

See 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(1); id. § 541(a)(1)

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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

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No. 15-7156 September Term, 2016

Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk

is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution

of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.

P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41. 

Per Curiam

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