Aviva Life & Annuity Co. v. White (In Re Millennium Multiple Employer Welfare Benefit Plan)

McHUGH, Circuit Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, Aviva Life & Annuity (Aviva) challenges identical orders of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma sitting in its capacity as a bankruptcy appellate court. The district court entered the orders in two directly related cases brought by Aviva in the nature of interpleader pursuant to the Federal Interpleader Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1335, 2361, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22. 1 Aviva argues the court erred by limiting the scope of the inter-pleader relief granted. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(1),…