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Kent Ries, Attorney at Law 

State Bar No. 16914050

PO Box 3100

Amarillo, Texas 79116

(806) 242-7437

(806) 242-7440 – Fax

kent@kentries.com

COUNSEL FOR TRUSTEE

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

AMARILLO DIVISION

IN RE: §

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MCCLAIN FEED YARD, INC., et al.,1 § CASE NO. 23-20084-RLJ-7

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Debtors. § Jointly Administered

MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF EMPLOYMENT 

OF COMPUTER CONSULTING SERVICES FOR TRUSTEE

TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. JONES, BANKRUPTCY JUDGE:

COMES NOW, Kent Ries, Trustee (“Trustee”) of the referenced Chapter 7 bankruptcy 

estates, and files this Motion for Approval of Employment of Computer Consulting Services for 

Trustee, and in support thereof would respectfully show unto the Court as follows:

1. Debtors filed for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on 

April 28, 2023. Kent Ries was subsequently appointed and qualified to serve as the Trustee over the

bankruptcy estate.

2. Trustee asserts it is necessary to employ computer consulting services, pursuant to 

11 U.S.C. § 327, to perform necessary computer consulting services in obtaining and 

1 The Debtors in these Chapter 7 cases are: McClain Feed Yard, Inc. (Case No. 23-20084-RLJ), McClain Farms, Inc. 

(Case No. 23-20085-RLJ), and 7M Cattle Feeders, Inc. (Case No. 23-20086-RLJ)

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investigating records and information of the Debtors, including copying hard drives and similar

data memory from the Debtors’ computers and cell phones.

3. Trustee desires that he be authorized to employ Canyon Rim Consulting, LLC, 

301 S. Polk St., Suite 815, Amarillo, Texas 79101 (“Canyon Rim”), and to pay the firm such 

compensation and reimbursement of expenses as is just pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 330 and Rule 

2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure. Wayne Freeman’s affidavit as required by 

11 U.S.C. § 327 is attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference for all 

purposes.

4. The normal rate for computer consulting services provided by Canyon Rim is 

$235.00 per hour, plus out-of-pocket expenses. 

WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Kent Ries, Trustee herein,

respectfully prays for an Order of this Court approving the employment of Canyon Rim to 

perform professional computer consulting services in these cases, and for such other relief, at law 

or in equity, to which the Trustee may show himself justly entitled.

Respectfully submitted,

Kent Ries, Attorney at Law

PO Box 3100

Amarillo, Texas 79116

(806) 242-7437

(806) 242-7440-Fax

By: /s/ Kent Ries

 Kent Ries

 State Bar No. 1691450

COUNSEL FOR TRUSTEE

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the 29th day of June 2023, a true and correct copy of the above 

and foregoing Motion was sent electronically or mailed in the United States mail, postage 

prepaid, to the parties listed below and the United States Trustee and other parties receiving 

notice via ECF.

Wayne Freeman

Canyon Rim Consulting, LLC

301 S Polk St., Suite 815

Amarillo, Texas 79101

 /s/ Kent Ries 

Kent Ries 

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