Peter Spark v. Robert Sharpe

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: September 2, 2025
• Docket: 24-2027
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-2027

PETER SPARK; MARK EASTHAM,

Plaintiffs - Appellees,

and

ALGERNON L. BUTLER, III,

Trustee - Appellee,

v.

ROBERT PAUL SHARPE ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Richard E. Myers, II, Chief District Judge. (7:24-cv-00556-M-RJ)

Submitted: August 28, 2025 Decided: September 2, 2025

Before GREGORY, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.

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Robert Paul Sharpe, Appellant Pro Se. John Charles Bircher, III, DAVIS HARTMAN WRIGHT PLLC, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Robert Paul Sharpe appeals the district court’s order dismissing for failure to

comply with the filing requirements of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009 his appeal from the

bankruptcy court’s order remanding to state court an action that Sharpe had removed to the

bankruptcy court as an adversary proceeding. On appeal, Sharpe asks that his applications

for leave to proceed in forma pauperis be restricted to court access only. We deny this

motion as moot. We have reviewed the record and find no abuse of discretion and no

reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Spark v. Sharpe,

No. 7:24-cv-00556-M-RJ (E.D.N.C. Oct. 11, 2024); see In re SPR Corp., 45 F.3d 70, 74-

75 (4th Cir. 1995) (explaining factors court should consider before dismissal). 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