Farmpro Services, Inc. v. Brown (In Re Brown)

KRESSEL, Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtors William S. Brown and Gayle Brown have appealed from judgments entered by the bankruptcy court 1 in two different adversary proceedings.

While none of the parties to these appeals has raised the issue of jurisdiction, we, like every federal court, have the duty to examine our own jurisdiction. See, e.g., Krein v. Norris, 250 F.3d 1184, 1187 (8th Cir.2001). Having conducted such an examination, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction over both appeals, albeit for different reasons.

BACKGROUND

The debtors filed a bankruptcy petition under chapter 12 on February…