IN RE SMITH

Case No. 12-32096.

524 B.R. 689 (2015)

IN RE: Cody W. SMITH, Debtor.

United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

Signed January 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben L. Aderholt , Coats Rose, Houston, TX, for Komatsu Financial Limited Partnership.

David George Aelvoet , Linebarger Goggan et al., San Antonio, TX, for Val Verde County.

Patrick Holder Autry , Branscomb P.C., San Antonio, TX, for Capital Farm Credit FLCA.

Hector Duran , Office of U.S. Trustee, Houston, TX, for U.S. Trustee.

Alan Sanford Gerger , Dunn Neal et al, Houston, TX, for CMM Energy Holdings, LLC, CMM Services, LLC, Grand Bluff Construction Co., Inc., Grand Bluff Construction Services, ValArco Equipment Services, LLC, ValArco LLC, ValArco Pipeline Group, LLC, Valexco Pipeline Services, LLC, South Coast Contractors, LLC, The Wardlaw Group, Cody W. Smith and Tracy Smith.

James V. Hoeffner , Graves, Dougherty , Hearon & Moody, P.C., Austin, TX, for Wardlaw/Smith Ltd. and Lamar Campbell Smith.

Eileen Miggins Hohlt , McDaniel Hohlt, P.C., Houston, TX, for Smith Creek Ranch, LLC, and Gilbert Gaedcke.

Stephen Wayne Lemmon , Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin, TX, for Stephen W. Lemmon.

Stephen Wayne Lemmon , Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin, TX, Timothy L. Wentworth , Cage, Hill & Niehaus, LLP, Houston, TX, for Lowell T. Cage.

Steven A. Leyh , Leyh, Payne & Mallia, PLLC, Houston, TX, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Angela Nicole Offerman , Michael P. Ridulfo , Kane Russell Coleman & Logan P.C., Houston, TX, for Oscar Martin Israel, J. Lynn Israel.

Peter Michael Reed , McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen P.C., Round Rock, TX, Calhoun CAD.

Diane Wade Sanders , Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP, Austin, TX, for DeWitt County and Zapata County.

Branch Masterson Sheppard , Johnson DeLuca Kennedy & Kurisky, P.C., Houston, TX, for DW Pipeline and Plant Services, LLC.

Stephen Wayne Lemmon , Husch Blackwell LLP, Austin, TX, James Matthew Vaughn , Amy Kathleen Wolfshohl , Porter & Hedges LLP, Houston, TX, for Green Bank, N.A.


Chapter 7

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON THE CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE'S ATTEMPT TO RETAIN AND PAY A MEDIATOR WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THIS COURT'S APPROVAL UNDER 11 U.S.C. § 327(a), FEDERAL RULE OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE 2014(a), AND THE LOCAL RULES GOVERNING ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

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