In Re FIDELITY MORTGAGE INVESTORS, Debtor. LIFETIME COMMUNITIES, INC., Appellant, v. the ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF the UNITED STATES COURTS, Appellee

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

Lifetime Communities, Inc., the successor by merger to the rights and obligations of Fidelity Mortgage Investors, a rehabilitated Chapter XI debtor, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 16 B.R. 477, Duffy, J., which affirmed an order of the bankruptcy court, Babitt, J. Judge Babitt’s order had denied Lifetime’s application for a reduction in fees totaling $1.65 million, which Lifetime is required to pay to the Referees’ Salary and Expense Fund pursuant to section 40c(2)(b) of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898,…