Tessa N. Ndille

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UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

In re : Chapter 13
TESSA N. NDILLE : CASE NO. 06-41921-JBR
DEBTOR

ORDER ON MOTION TO ALTER OR AMEND AUGUST 14, 2007 ORDER

This matter came before the Court on the Motion to Alter or Amend August 14,
2007 Order [docket #88] pursuant to which the Court Ordered Attorney Julia Fullwood
to file applications for compensation in all cases in which she represents a debtor in this
district to the extent that she has a claim for unpaid compensation or expense
reimbursement against a debtor or a debtor’s estate, including those cases in which she
is holding fees and expenses in her IOLTA account or seeking to be paid fees and
expenses pursuant to a plan. After reviewing the Motion to Alter or Amend August 14,
2007 Order, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion is DENIED.

Attorney Fullwood does not appear to dispute the Court's authority to require that
she file fee applications and indeed MLBR Appendix 1, Rule 13-7(b) contemplates that
there may be instances where the Court will order fee applications ever when the
amount of fees is less than $2,500 and $500 for pre and post confirmation services
further order of the Court. Instead she seeks reconsideration because the Court
entered one order in the above case requiring the filing of fee applications in all Chapter
13 cases pending in this district in which Attorney Fullwood represented the debtor or
debtors rather than enter an order in each of the actual cases. For the reasons set

forth in In re Lafrance, 311 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. Mass. 20040, the Court rejects this

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Dated: August 31, 2007 b hawesclel

oel B. Rosenthal
United States Bankruptcy Judge

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