Robin Grathwol v. Coastal Carolina Developers, No. 15-1233 (4th Cir. 2016)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-1233 In Re: ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL, a/k/a Robin Grathwol Tinney, a/k/a Robin Grathwol Randall, Debtor. ----------------------------ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED; B. LEON SKINNER; BLS LANDS, LLC; WALTER T. WILSON; COSWALD, LLC, Defendants - Appellees. No. 15-1236 ANN F. GRATHWOL LIVING TRUST; ROBIN DALE GRATHWOL, Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED; COSWALD, LLC; B. LEON SKINNER; WALTER T. WILSON; HANOVER LAND, LLC.; W AND B INVESTMENT COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendants - Appellees. No. 15-1237 LEGACY GROUP OF NC, INC., Plaintiff - Appellant, v. COASTAL CAROLINA DEVELOPERS, INCORPORATED, Defendant - Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. James C. Fox, Senior District Judge. (7:14-cv-00082-F; 7:14-cv-00083-F; 7:14-cv00084-F; 12-00294-8-SWH; 13-00023-8-SWH; 13-00024-8-SWH; 1300025-8-SWH) Submitted: November 30, 2015 Decided: January 11, 2016 Before DUNCAN, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. George Mason Oliver, LAW OFFICE OF OLIVER & CHEEK, PLLC, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellants. David James Haidt, AYERS & HAIDT, P.A., New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: The Appellants in these consolidated appeals seek to appeal the district orders court’s dismissing orders each of affirming the the three bankruptcy underlying proceedings for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. court’s adversary Because we find that the proceedings were not “related to” the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case in which they were filed, see Valley Historic Ltd. P’ship v. Bank of N.Y., 486 F.3d 831, 835 (4th Cir. 2007), we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Grathwol v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc.; Ann F. Grathwol Living Trust v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc.; Legacy Group of NC, Inc. v. Coastal Carolina Developers, Inc., Nos. 7:14-cv00082-F; 2015). legal before 7:14-cv-00083-F; 7:14-cv-00084-F (E.D.N.C. Jan. 12, We dispense with oral argument because the facts and contentions the court are adequately and argument addressed would not in aid the the materials decisional process. AFFIRMED 3

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