Case: 24-60254 Document: 43-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/13/2024

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 24-60254 Summary Calendar FILED ____________ September 13, 2024 Lyle W. Cayce In the Matter of Ikechukwu H. Okorie, Clerk Debtor.

Ikechukwu H. Okorie, Appellant, versus Mdrezaul Chowdhury; Tina Hill, Esquire; Horne & Associates, P.C.; Landon H. Thompson; The Meazell Firm, Appellees. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 2:23-CV-172 ______________________________ Before Smith, Stewart, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * The district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s order denying Ike- _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 24-60254 Document: 43-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/13/2024

No. 24-60254

chukwu Okorie’s motion for violation of the automatic stay. Okorie appeals pro se.

On May 2, 2024, the district court issued an impressive and compre- hensive Memorandum Opinion and Order, carefully explaining its decision.

The judgment of the district court, affirming the bankruptcy court, is AFFIRMED, essentially for the reasons set forth by the district court.

The case turns, in part, on whether, as the bankruptcy court con- cluded, and in the words of the district court, “the automatic stay did not apply to post-bankruptcy events, the lease was not a prepetition obligation, and there was no evidence that any lease payments were made with property of the bankruptcy estate.” The answer to those questions, as the district and bankruptcy courts convincingly held, is yes. We cannot improve on the dis- trict court’s sound explanation.