Sumida & Tsuchiyama, LLLP v. Kotoshirodo (In Re Kyung Sook Kim)

ORDER GRANTING APPELLEE RONALD K. KOTOSHIRODO’S MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL

J. MICHAEL SEABRIGHT, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This bankruptcy court appeal is the culmination of a contentious dispute between Appellee bankruptcy Trustee Ronald K. Kotoshirodo (“Trustee”) and Appellants Sumida & Tsuchiyama, LLLP and Kevin P.H. Sumida (collectively, “Sumida”), who represented Debtor Kyung Sook Kim (“Debtor”) in an adversary proceeding, and who were subsequently sanctioned by the bankruptcy court. Currently before the court is Trustee’s Motion to Dismiss, in which it argues, among other things, that…