Pikeville Energy Group, LLC v. Spradlin (In Re Alma Energy, Inc.)

OPINION

THOMAS H. FULTON, Chief Judge.

Pikeville Energy Group, LLC (“Appellant”) appeals an order of the bankruptcy court denying its application for allowance of administrative expense claim on grounds that Appellant was judicially es-topped from asserting that claim.

For the reasons stated below, the Panel affirms the bankruptcy court’s judgment in favor of the Appellee.

I.ISSUE ON APPEAL

Did the bankruptcy court err in finding that Appellant was judicially estopped from asserting an administrative claim against the bankruptcy estate of the Debt- or?

II.JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW

The…