MATTER OF LEVENS

No. 77-2218. Summary Calendar.

563 F.2d 1223 (1977)

In the Matter of Farrar H. LEVENS, Bankrupt. Lloyd E. NICHOLS and Irene Nichols et al., Appellants, v. Farrar H. LEVENS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don L. Baker, Austin, Tex., for appellants.

D. Michael Dalton, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and FAY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Once a bankruptcy trustee files a report placing exempt property beyond the grasp of creditors, Bankruptcy Rule 403(c) allows the creditors only 15 days to object. In this case, the creditors missed the deadline, and the district court refused to consider their objection. We reverse that judgment because the trustee's failure to file his report within the time required by the rules deprived the creditors...

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