Jeremiah Vance v. Jeffery Mims
Whether bankruptcy-appeal deadlines under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(d) are jurisdictional or subject to equitable excusable-neglect review consistent with Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs., 507 U.S. 380 (1993)
1. Whether bankruptcy-appeal deadlines under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(d) are jurisdictional or subject to equitable excusable-neglect review consistent with Pioneer Inv. Servs. Co. v. Brunswick Assocs., 507 U.S. 380 (1993). 2. Whether the Fifth Circuit violated Pioneer, by dismissing the Petitioner ’s appeal without applying excusable-neglect analysis when the delay was solely caused by counsel ’s incorrect advice. 3. Whether bankruptcy trustees are immune or hold a fiduciary duty to pay the required taxes of an estate under: In re Texas Pig Stands, Inc., 610 F.3d 937 (5th Cir. 2010). 4. Whether the bankruptcy court violated Texas Pig Stands by denying the Petitioner ’s Motion to Remove the Trustee for Breach of Fiduciary Duty for failing to pay the taxes owed by the estate.