In re: BEVERLY BYRD; RALPH T. BYRD v. James M. Hoffman

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1521
In re: BEVERLY BYRD; RALPH T. BYRD,
Debtors.
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BEVERLY BYRD; RALPH T. BYRD,
Plaintiffs - Appellants,
v.
JAMES M. HOFFMAN,
Defendant – Appellee,
and
GREGORY P. JOHNSON,
Trustee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District
Judge. (8:07-cv-01730-AW)
Submitted: July 10, 2009 Decided: August 13, 2009
Before NIEMEYER and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON,
Senior Circuit Judge.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ralph T. Byrd, Laytonsville, Maryland, for Appellants. Stephen
A. Metz; John D. Sadler, SHULMAN, ROGERS, GANDAL, PORDY & ECKER,
P.A., Rockville, Maryland; James M. Hoffman, GOREN, WOLFF &
ORENSTEIN, LLC, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Beverly and Ralph Byrd appeal from the district
court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order granting in
part the bankruptcy trustee’s emergency motion for relief from
the automatic stay, declaring void the state court complaint
filed by the Byrds, imposing an injunction, and denying their
motion for reconsideration. We have reviewed the parties’
briefs, the joint appendix, and the lower courts’ opinions and
orders and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for
the reasons stated by the district court. See Byrd v. Hoffman,
No. 8:07-cv-01730-AW (D. Md. Mar. 31, 2008). We deny the Byrds’
motion for oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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