Nanette Cole v. Bruce E. Strauss

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: July 30, 2018
• Docket: 17-1326
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 17-1326 ___________________________

Nanette H. Cole; Bruce Cole

lllllllllllllllllllllAppellants

v.

Bruce Edwin Strauss

lllllllllllllllllllllU.S. Trustee - Appellee

Escrow of the West, Inc.

lllllllllllllllllllllAppellee ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Jefferson City ____________

Submitted: July 18, 2018 Filed: July 30, 2018 [Unpublished] ____________

Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. In this adversary proceeding filed in the Chapter 7 involuntary bankruptcy case of debtor Mamtek US, Inc., Mamtek insiders Bruce Cole and Nanette Cole appeal from the judgment of the District Court1 affirming orders of the Bankruptcy Court2 that held the Coles in contempt and transferred the proceeds of the sale of their residence to the bankruptcy trustee.3 After de novo review, we conclude there was no error warranting reversal, and we affirm. See Ritchie Special Credit Invs., Ltd. v. U.S. Trustee, 620 F.3d 847, 853 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review). ______________________________

1 The Honorable Nanette K. Laughrey, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. 2 The Honorable Dennis R. Dow, United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Missouri. 3 We previously affirmed after the bankruptcy court granted the trustee’s motion for partial summary judgment on claims seeking to avoid certain fraudulent and preferential transfers. See Strauss v. Cole, 608 F. App’x 438 (8th Cir. 2015).

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