Dodson v. Huff (In Re Smyth)

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

W. Patrick Dodson appeals the order of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court’s Final Decree. In a consolidated action, Dodson appeals the district court’s order dismissing for lack of jurisdiction his challenge to the bankruptcy court’s order approving the Trustee’s application to retain counsel for appeal. We affirm the district court in both matters.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In August of 1991, Dodson and other creditors filed an involuntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy, later converted to a Chapter 11 reorganization, against Lewis Smyth, III, a real…