Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2011-06-08 15:46:24+00
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                   IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                              ________________________            FILED
                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                 Nos. 10-14307; 10-14308   ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                                ________________________       JUNE 8, 2011
                                                                JOHN LEY
                                                                 CLERK
IN RE:
lllllllllllllllllllllADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK, INC.
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllDebtor.

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6:10-cv-00381-JA, 6:03-bk-00299-KSJ

DANIEL W. ALLEN,
DAVID D. ALLEN,

                                                                        Plaintiffs - Appellants,

                                              versus

ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK INC.,

                                                                         Defendant - Appellee,

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6:10-cv-00731-JA, 6:03-bk-00299-KSJ

ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK INC.,

                                                                            Plaintiff - Appellee,

                                              versus
DANIEL W. ALLEN,
DAVID D. ALLEN,

                                                                  Defendants - Appellants.

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                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Middle District of Florida
                            ________________________

                                       (June 8, 2011)

Before EDMONDSON and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and LAWSON,* District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

       In this bankruptcy case, Daniel W. Allen and David D. Allen (collectively,

“the Allens”) appeal the district court’s August 31, 2010 order dismissing the

Allens’ appeal of the bankruptcy court’s January 15, 2010 final judgment in favor

of Advanced Telecommunication Network, Inc. The district court found that the

settlement agreement executed by the parties in 2005 barred the Allens from

appealing the bankruptcy court’s January 15, 2010 final judgment. The Allens

argue that the district court erred in dismissing their appeal because the language

__________________

       * Honorable Hugh Lawson, United States District Judge for the Middle District of
Georgia, sitting by designation.

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of the settlement agreement is ambiguous and can be interpreted in a manner that

would allow their appeal to proceed. After thorough review, we affirm the district

court’s well-reasoned order dated August 31, 2010 dismissing the Allens’ appeal

because the language of the settlement agreement is unambiguous and bars the

Allens from appealing the bankruptcy court’s January 15, 2010 final judgment.

      AFFIRMED.

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