UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
for the Fifth Circuit
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No. 97-20098
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IN THE MATTER OF: MBM INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE
L P; IN THE MATTER OF: MATZ REAL ESTATE
SERVICES, INC., IN THE MATTER OF: INTERMARQUE
AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS, INC.
Debtors.
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STEWART A. FELDMAN AND MARLA B. MATZ, D.D.S.,
Appellants-Cross-Appellees,
VERSUS
NIEL MORGAN,
Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
(H-96-CV-2489)
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December 10, 1997
Before DAVIS, JONES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
This appeal brings before us the propriety of the district
court's January 14, 1997 order directing the Feldmans to pay
sanctions to Morgan in the amount of $253,700. This sanction
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
followed the order of the bankruptcy court imposing sanctions that
totalled $499,700. The district court has broad discretion to
determine an appropriate sanction to obtain compliance with its
order. The district court did not abuse its discretion in
requiring Feldman to pay sanctions in the amount of $253,000.
Although Feldman complains of earlier orders issued by the
bankruptcy court, he did not prosecute timely appeals from those
orders and they are therefore not properly before us.
AFFIRMED.
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