Shearin v. Beaman

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-1534
NORMAN W. SHEARIN, JR.; ANN SHEARIN,
Debtors - Appellants,
versus
STEPHEN L. BEAMAN,
Trustee - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. W. Earl Britt, Senior
District Judge. (CA-03-773-5-BR; BK-96-3403-L)
Submitted: March 18, 2005 Decided: April 29, 2005
Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and TRAXLER, Circuit
Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael P. Cotter, VANDEVENTER BLACK, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia;
Norman W. Shearin, Jr., VANDEVENTER BLACK, L.L.P., Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, for Appellants. Charlene Boykin King, KING & KING,
L.L.P., Wilson, North Carolina; Stephen L. Beaman, Wilson, North
Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
This is the third appeal in this case, all of which appeals
are largely concerned with the interest of the debtor, Norman W.
Shearin, Jr., in the law firm in which he is a member. The
previous appeals are: In re: Shearin, 224 F.3d 346 (4th Cir.
2000); and In re: Shearin, 224 F.3d 353 (4th Cir. 2000), both of
which affirmed the judgment of the district court.
In the present case, we have considered the record, the briefs
of the parties, and the opinions of the bankruptcy court and the
district court. We are of opinion the judgment of the district
court is correct and should be affirmed.
Accordingly, for the reasons expressed in the opinions of the
bankruptcy court, Norman W. Shearin, Jr. and Anne S. Shearin,
Debtors, No. 96-03403-8-JRL, (Bankr. E.D.N.C. July 22, 2003), and
In re: Norman W. Shearin, Jr. and Ann S. Shearin v. Stephen L.
Beaman, Trustee, No. 5:03-CV-773-BR, (E.D.N.C. March 17, 2004), the
judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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