UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE

In re: Chapter 13 Richard L. Moody, Case No. 18-20647 Debtor

ORDER GRANTING IN PART FEE APPLICATION OF MOLLEUR LAW OFFICE Molleur Law Office filed the Final Application for Compensation dated May 11, 2023 [Dkt. No. 59] (the “Fee Application”). Notice of the hearing to consider the Fee Application was provided in accordance with the applicable provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and this Court’s Local Rules. In the absence of timely objections or other responses to the Fee Application, the Court has reviewed the Fee Application and the docket in this case. The Fee Application is granted in part on the terms set forth in this order. Molleur Law Office is awarded $1,197.50 as reasonable compensation for actual, necessary services rendered between September 24, 2019 and May 10, 2023, and $0 as reimbursement for actual, necessary expenses, for a total award of $1,197.50. This award is made under

(a)(4)(B). In making this award, the Court disallows compensation for services that were not necessary to the administration of the case and are therefore not compensable under

(a)(1)(A). The Court also disallows compensation for services that were not performed by an attorney, or a paraprofessional person employed by an attorney, but were instead performed by a legal assistant. See

(a)(1)(A) (enumerating persons whose services may be compensable). Compensation for clerical services, like uploading documents to the trustee, is likewise disallowed. See In re Abbott, No. 11-10059,

, at *2 (Bankr. D. Me.

April 22, 2016). The following entries on the billing detail attached to the Fee Application are not compensable because each entry falls into one (or more) of the aforementioned categories:

performance upload to Trustee

report plan arrears and e-mail to DLK re same to Trustee upload to Trustee to Trustee trustee trustee trustee

2021 taxes

and upload to Trustee

to Trustee same to Trustee

Trustee Trustee to Trustee

Trustee 03/14/23 Receipt and Review of FEB P&L ML 0.10 $12.00 report; convert to trustee required format; submit to tee 04/07/23 Receipt and Review of March P&L ML 0.10 $12.00 report; convert to trustee required format; submit to tee 05/09/23 Receipt and Review of 2022 taxes; ML 0.20 $24.00 convert to trustee required format; submit to tee

Date: June 14, 2023 Michael A. Fagone United States Bankruptcy Judge District of Maine