Stelpflug v. Federal Land Bank of St. Paul

David and Shirley Stelpflug, the debtors-appellants, filed a notice of appeal in the bankruptcy court following that court’s granting of a motion for abandonment and relief from stay to Federal Land Bank of St. Paul, the creditor-appellee. The bankruptcy court dismissed the appeal as untimely filed and the district court affirmed. On appeal before this Court, the appellants argue that the time for filing the notice of appeal has not yet begun to run since the bankruptcy court’s judgment was never entered on the docket and thus their appeal could not have been untimely filed. For the reasons…