George Carlson & Associates v. United States Bankruptcy Court (In Re Zamora)

MEMORANDUM DECISION ON APPEAL

KANE, Senior District Judge.

In this bankruptcy appeal, George T. Carlson & Associates (Carlson) challenges the bankruptcy court’s denial of attorney fees for time spent in preparing and prosecuting a fee application. 1 Carlson argues the bankruptcy court abused its discretion in denying compensation because the court acted in an arbitrary, capricious, and whimsical manner by not examining the reasonableness of the time necessary to prepare the application. Carlson claims the minimal amount of time spent in preparing and presenting this application was both…