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United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                           Fifth Circuit

                                                                         FILED
                               No. 22-30024                          June 30, 2022
                                                                    Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                         Clerk
In the Matter of: Sharon Sylvester,

                                                                        Debtor,

Sharon Sylvester,

                                                                   Appellant,

                                    versus

Barbara Rivera-Fulton,

                                                                      Appellee.

               Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                        USDC No. 2:21-CV-1083

Before Southwick, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Sharon Sylvester went bankrupt. At the end of her Chapter 7
proceeding, the bankruptcy court ordered her to pay certain fees to the

       *
         Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
                                No. 22-30024

trustee and a law firm that assisted the trustee. The present appeal involves
the bankruptcy court’s award of fees to the trustee.
       In affirming the award of fees to the trustee, the district court
principally relied on its prior opinion awarding fees to the law firm. In re
Sylvester, No. 20-CV-2469, 2021 WL 807248 (E.D. La. Mar. 2, 2021). The
next month, however, we vacated and remanded the award of attorney’s fees,
concluding that the bankruptcy court applied the wrong legal standard. See
Matter of Sylvester, 23 F.4th 543 (5th Cir. 2022). Because the questions
regarding fees in both matters are intertwined, we VACATE and
REMAND for further proceedings consistent our recent decision.

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