Appellants Richard A. Smith, Carole Ann Caruso, and Nelsi Smith appeal two orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Joanna Seybert, Judge), dated March
24, 2010, and March 30, 2010, affirming orders of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York (Dorothy T. Eisenberg, Judge), dated January 26, 2009, and May 13, 2009. The Bankruptcy Court orders denied appellants’ motion to reopen Richard Smith’s bankruptcy case and dismissed a complaint filed by appellants against the trustee of the bankruptcy estate and the trustee’s bondholders.
The court found that the District Court properly determined that the Bankruptcy Court (1) did not abuse its discretion in denying appellants’ motion to reopen and (2) properly dismissed appellants’
complaint.
Held: the orders of the District Court are AFFIRMED.
Additionally, the appellants were ordered to show cause why sanctions should not be imposed under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 38, 28 U.S.C. § 1927 in light of the frivolous nature of this appeal.