#### IN RE: SPANISH PEAKS HOLDINGS II, LLC, Debtor, Boyne USA, Inc.; Big Sky Resort LLC, Creditors-Appellants, v. Ross P. Richardson, Chapter 7 Trustee of the Estates of Spanish Peaks Holdings II, LLC, Spanish Peaks Lodge LLC, and The Club at Spanish Peaks, Trustee-Appellee.

No. 14-35945

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

*463Submitted April 6, 2017 * Seattle, Washington

Filed April 20, 2017

Michael R. Lastowski, Esquire, Bankruptcy Counsel, Duane Morris LLP, Wilmington, DE, James A. Patten, Attorney General, Patten, Peterman, Bekkedahl & Green PLLC, Billings, MT, for Creditors-Appellants

John L. Amsden, Esquire, Anthony Francis Jackson, Attorney, Beck *&*Ams-den, PLLC, Bozeman, MT, for Trustee-Appellee

Before: KOZINSKI and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and BLOCK,** District Judge.

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 The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. *See*Fed, R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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 The Honorable Frederic Block, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation,

MEMORANDUM ***

Boyne, USA, Inc. and Big Sky Resort, LLC appeal from the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s approval of a settlement agreement between the trustee of the estates of three debtors (the “Estates”) and various insider entities (the “Debtor-Affiliates”).

“In an appeal from the district court’s affirmance of a decision of the bankruptcy court ... we are, in essence, reviewing the final order of the bankruptcy court.” *Martin v. Kane (In re A&C Properties),*784 F.2d 1377, 1380 (9th Cir. 1986). We review the bankruptcy court’s decision to approve the settlement agreement for abuse of discretion. *Id.*

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in approving the Debtor-Affiliate Settlement. Under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 9019, a bankruptcy court “may approve a compromise or settlement” on motion by the trustee and after notice and a hearing. The settlement must be “fair and equitable.” *In re A&C Properties,*784 F.2d at 1381. In determining whether a settlement satisfies this standard, the bankruptcy court must consider:

> (a) The probability of success in the litigation; (b) the difficulties, if any, to be encountered in the matter of collection; (c) the complexity of the litigation involved, and the expense, inconvenience and delay necessarily attending it; (d) the paramount interest of the creditors and a proper deference to their reasonable views in the premises.

*Id.*Generally, the bankruptcy court does not abuse its discretion if it makes “a full and fair independent assessment of the wisdom of the compromise.” *Id.*at 1383.

Here, the bankruptcy court held an evi-dentiary hearing and considered the *A&C Properties*factors. In particular, it noted that litigation of the Estates’ fraudulent conveyance and preference claims would likely be expensive in light of the Debtor-Affiliates’ possible defenses, and it credited the testimony of the trustee’s financial ad-visor regarding the likely difficulty of collection. On this record, the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in ap*464proving either the settlement or the trustee’s proposed allocation of the proceeds.

AFFIRMED.

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 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.