Opinion ID: 3047949
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

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Text: Powers’ principal brief lists 35 issues that she alleges are on appeal, including some that have already been decided by the Eighth Circuit and others that were never raised before the bankruptcy court. We understand the issues that are properly on appeal to include whether the bankruptcy court erred when it: (1) closed the Debtor’s bankruptcy case and declined to reconsider that decision; (2) denied Powers’ request to proceed IFP for this appeal; and (3) refused to seal Powers’ IFP application and did not afford Powers relief from its prior order denying her request to seal. We conclude 1 The Honorable Gregory F. Kishel, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the District of Minnesota. 2 The named appellee is Odyssey Capital Group, LLC. Under the Debtor’s Modified Plan of Reorganization, Odyssey Capital Group, LLC was appointed as trustee of the Mesaba Liquidation Trust. 2 that Powers lacks standing to challenge the closing of the Debtor’s bankruptcy case and, accordingly, that the bankruptcy court properly denied her request for relief from the Case Closing Orders. In addition, Powers’ requests to appear IFP and to seal her IFP application are moot. The bankruptcy court properly denied Powers’ request to seal her IFP application because she failed to demonstrate how the information in her application was scandalous or defamatory. Because we are not permitted to appoint counsel to represent Powers and we are not required to allow her oral argument in this appeal, we decline to do either.