In Re: Outboard Marine Corporation, Debtor. Appeal Of: Travis Boats & Motors, Incorporated, Doing Business as Travis Boating Center

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant-Creditor Travis Boats & Motors, Incorporated (“Travis Boats”), appeals from a bankruptcy court order that disallowed its claim in the Outboard Marine Corporation (“OMC”) Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding for failure to timely file a proof of claim. The Notice of Claims Bar Date required creditors to mail their proofs of claim to a designated post office box so as to be received by the OMC claims agent by November 15, 2002. Travis Boats faxed its proof of claim to counsel for the OMC bankruptcy trustee on November 15, 2002. The trustee objected to the claim as…