IN RE RUNNELLS

No. 87-5509.

815 F.2d 969 (1987)

In re William Robert RUNNELLS, Jr., Appellant. Laurence H. LEVY, Trustee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Robert RUNNELLS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant, Stephen Zsolt Runnells, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Knight Joynes, III (Rilee, Cantor, Arkema & Edmonds, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

David H. Adams (Taylor, Walker & Adams, P.C., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

William Robert Runnells, Jr. was committed for civil contempt pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1826, and he appeals. Because the record and briefs were not filed in time to permit us to decide the case within thirty days from the filing of the notice of appeal as required by § 1826(b), we admitted Runnells to bail.

We find no merit in the appeal, and we affirm.

I.

Runnells' contempt arose out of the bankruptcy...

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