IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
DALLAS DIVISION
JEFFREY BARON, §
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Appellant, §
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v. § Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-1746-L
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SIDNEY BENNETT CHESNIN, et al., §
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Appellees. §
ORDER
Before the court is Appellant’s Rule 8003(c) Motion for Relief (Doc. 2), filed May 20, 2013;
Appellant’s Motion for Extension of Time to File Appellant’s Brief (Doc. 3), filed May 21, 2013;
and Appellant’s Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal of Order Granting Petitioning Creditors
Partial Summary Judgment, Order for Relief, and Order Appointing Interim Trustee (Doc. 4), filed
August 5, 2013. In his Rule 8003(c) motion, Appellant Jeffrey Baron (“Appellant” or “Baron”)
requests leave from the court to consider this interlocutory appeal from the involuntary bankruptcy
proceeding initiated by attorneys who performed legal services on his behalf.
Interlocutory appeals are not favored because they interfere with the overriding goal of the
bankruptcy system and the expeditious resolution of pressing economic difficulties. In re Hunt Int’l
Res. Corp., 57 B.R. 371, 372 (N.D. Tex. 1985). As a result, leave for an interlocutory appeal is
granted only in exceptional circumstances that justify overriding the general policy of not allowing
such appeals. Id. Section 158(a)(3) does not set forth a standard for determining whether to grant
leave to appeal an interlocutory order from a bankruptcy court, but many district courts have adopted
the standard under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). Ichinose v. Homer National Bank, 946 F.2d 1169, 1177 (5th
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