Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2021-02-10 17:00:28.072106+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                        For the Eighth Circuit
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                            No. 20-1993
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                 In re: Wilma M. Pennington-Thurman,

                          lllllllllllllllllllllDebtor.

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                    Wilma M. Pennington-Thurman,

                        lllllllllllllllllllllAppellant,

                                      v.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; Millsap & Singer, LLC; Bank of
                           America, N.A.,

                        lllllllllllllllllllllAppellees,

                          Office of U.S. Trustee,

                       lllllllllllllllllllllU.S. Trustee.
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                Appeal from United States District Court
              for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
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                       Submitted: February 5, 2021
                        Filed: February 10, 2021
                             [Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON, MELLOY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Wilma Pennington-Thurman appeals the district court’s1 order affirming the
bankruptcy court’s order denying her motion to reopen her bankruptcy case. We
conclude that the bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion. The adversary case
that Pennington-Thurman sought to pursue addressed previously litigated issues or
otherwise lacked merit, so reopening would have been futile. See Apex Oil Co. v.
Sparks (In re Apex Oil Co.), 406 F.3d 538, 541 (8th Cir. 2005); Mid-City Bank v.
Skyline Woods Homeowners Ass’n (In re Skyline Woods Country Club, LLC), 431
B.R. 830, 837-38 (B.A.P. 8th Cir. 2010); Realan Inv. Partners, LLLP v. Meininger
(In re Land Res., LLC), 505 B.R. 571, 582 (M.D. Fla. 2014).

      The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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      1
       The Honorable Henry E. Autrey, United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Missouri.

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