Gavin A. Ruotolo, Etc. v. Gavin A. Ruotolo, United States of America, Intervenor

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

In this Chapter XI bankruptcy proceeding, the United States appeals from an interlocutory order of the District Court for the District of Maine, denying a petition to disqualify Richard E. Poulos, a retired referee in bankruptcy, and the law firm with which he is associated, from serving as counsel for the Debtor in Possession, Gavin A. Ruotolo. The United States has no pecuniary interest in the bankrupt estate and was not an original party to the bankruptcy proceeding. It moved, and the bankruptcy court granted it permission, to intervene after a creditor,…