In re Lorenzo

OPINION AND ORDER

Edward A. Godoy, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Pending before the court are several motions filed by José Miguel Pérez Villa-nueva (“Mr. Pérez”), an attorney who represented the debtor and his non-filing companion in a pre-petition expropriation suit in local court. (Docket Nos. 92, 123 & 149.) Mr. Pérez is seeking to withdraw funds consigned with the bankruptcy court as payment for attorney’s fees owed to him for work performed on the expropriation case. Id. For the following reasons, the court denies Mr. Pérez’s requests.

I. Jurisdiction.

This court has jurisdiction over the subject…