Philip A. DeMassa, APC v. Butler (In Re MacIntyre)

OPINION

RUSSELL, Bankruptcy Judge:

This appeal arises from a complaint seeking to have the debtors’ discharge denied based on alleged fraudulent conduct by the debtors. The bankruptcy court ruled in favor of the debtors and granted the debtors a discharge. 1

The appellants, Philip A. DeMassa and his professional corporation (“DeMassa”) moved to file an oversize brief exceeding the normal page limits set forth in BAP Rule 5(b). 2 Attached with that motion was a copy of DeMassa’s oversized brief, which was sixty pages in length and contained twenty-eight footnotes. The motion was denied.

The…