Opinion
No. 14-1301
11-14-2014
JOHN CHARLES SCOTCHEL, JR., Debtor - Appellant, and HELEN HOLLAND SCOTCHEL, Debtor, v. MARTIN PATRICK SHEEHAN, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of John C. Scotchel, Jr., and Helen H. Scotchel, Trustee - Appellee.
John Charles Scotchel, Jr., Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellant. Martin P. Sheehan, SHEEHAN & NUGENT, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.
UNPUBLISHED Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, District Judge. (1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-00009) Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. John Charles Scotchel, Jr., Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellant. Martin P. Sheehan, SHEEHAN & NUGENT, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
John Charles Scotchel, Jr., appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's order sustaining the trustee's objection and finding that the entire amount of a contingency fee award was properly includable in Scotchel's bankruptcy estate. We have reviewed the record included on appeal, as well as the parties' briefs, and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the courts below. Scotchel v. Sheehan, Nos. 1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-00009 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 3, 2014; June 25, 2013). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED