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Parties Involved:
Karen Barlow
Appellant
William Byrd
Appellant
C&P Properties
Appellant
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
Appellee
Ed Finstad
Appellant
Gary Hennersdorf
Appellant
L. Win Holbrook
Appellee
Richard Machina
Appellant
David D. Rapp
Appellant

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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WILLIAM BYRD, KAREN BARLOW, 

GARY HENNERSDORF, ED FINSTAD, 

C&P PROPERTIES, RICHARD 

MACHINA, DAVID D. RAPP,

 Appellants,

v.

CARRIZO OIL & GAS, INC.,

 Defendant - Appellee,

and

L. WIN HOLBROOK, Chapter 7 Trustee,

 Trustee - Appellee.

BAP No. WO-15-046

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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Appellants William Byrd, Karen Barlow, Gary Hennersdorf, Ed Finstad, C&P 

Properties, Richard Machina, and David D. Rapp appeal the Order Granting Motion for 

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

No. 89]. 

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Appellants filed the Notice of Appeal in the bankruptcy court on October 20, 

2015, which was outside the fourteen-day period to file an appeal provided by Federal 

Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8002(a)(1). Appellants also filed the Creditors’ Motion to 

Extend Time to Appeal (“Motion to Extend”), requesting that the time to appeal be 

extended beyond the fourteen-day period on October 20, 2015. [Adv. ECF No. 104].

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

Status Updates on October 22, 2015, requiring Appellants 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]. Appellants 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]. Appellants filed Appellants’ Initial Status Report on November 16, 

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 Appellants 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. 112].

Appellants filed a status report on November 20, 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. 151]. The record also reflects 

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that the bankruptcy court entered its Order Denying Motion to Extend Time to Appeal, 

denying the Motion to Extend on November 19, 2015. [Adv. ECF No. 156]. 

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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