IN RE

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Per Curiam

IN RE

Opinion

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION To be cited only in accordance with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1

United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit Chicago, Illinois 60604

Submitted August 12, 2009* Decided September 11, 2009

Before

FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge

MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge

No. 09‐1764

In the Matter of: Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. BENEDICT J. REISCHEL, Debtor‐Appellant. No. 08‐C‐0163

C. N. Clevert, Jr., Judge.

O R D E R

Benedict Reischel’s bankruptcy litigation has been lengthy, protracted, and in some respects confusing. See Reischel v. Mfrs. & Traders Trust Co., 222 F. App’x 521 (7th Cir. 2007); In re Reischel, 115 F. App’x 868 (7th Cir. 2004). This appeal arises out of a motion Reischel filed in October 2007 for the bankruptcy court to “correct the record” and reverse the dismissal of his first of two bankruptcy petitions he had earlier filed. The bankruptcy court denied relief, finding the motion time‐barred and moot, given that five years had elapsed

* The trustee in bankruptcy, David W. Asbach, notified this court that he would not be filing a brief or otherwise participating in this appeal. After examining the appellant’s brief and the record, we have concluded that oral argument is unnecessary. Thus, the appeal is submitted on the appellant’s brief and the record. See FED. R. APP. P. 34(a)(2). No. 09‐1764 Page 2

since the 2002 dismissal of his first petition. The district court affirmed the decision of the bankruptcy court and dismissed Reischel’s case. Reischel appeals.

Although we construe pro se filings liberally, “any appellate brief, even one from a pro se litigant . . . must contain an argument consisting of more than a generalized assertion of error, with citations to supporting authority.” Anderson v. Hardman, 241 F.3d 544, 545 (7th Cir. 2001); see also FED. R. APP. P. 28(a)(9)(A); Haxhiu v. Mukasey, 519 F.3d 685, 691 (7th Cir. 2008). Reischel’s appellate brief contains only generalized assertions of error by the bankruptcy court concerning his first bankruptcy petition. He cites no supporting authority and does not point to any legal or factual error in the district court’s decision. The appeal is therefore DISMISSED.

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