UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-1301

JOHN CHARLES SCOTCHEL, JR.,

Debtor - Appellant,

and

HELEN HOLLAND SCOTCHEL,

Debtor,

v.

MARTIN PATRICK SHEEHAN, Trustee of the Bankruptcy Estate of John C. Scotchel, Jr., and Helen H. Scotchel,

Trustee - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg. Irene M. Keeley, District Judge. (1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-00009)

Submitted: October 28, 2014 Decided: November 14, 2014

Before NIEMEYER, SHEDD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

John Charles Scotchel, Jr., Morgantown, West Virginia, for Appellant. Martin P. Sheehan, SHEEHAN & NUGENT, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

2 PER CURIAM:

John Charles Scotchel, Jr., appeals the district

court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s order sustaining

the trustee’s objection and finding that the entire amount of a

contingency fee award was properly includable in Scotchel’s

bankruptcy estate. We have reviewed the record included on

appeal, as well as the parties’ briefs, and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the courts

below. Scotchel v. Sheehan, Nos. 1:13-cv-00161-IMK; 1:12-bk-

00009 (N.D. W. Va. Mar. 3, 2014; June 25, 2013). We dispense

with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are

adequately presented in the materials before this court and

argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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