Peter Spark; Mark Eastham v. Robert Paul Sharpe

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-2027
PETER SPARK; MARK EASTHAM,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
and
ALGERNON L. BUTLER, III,
Trustee - Appellee,
v.
ROBERT PAUL SHARPE ,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Wilmington. Richard E. Myers, II, Chief District Judge. (7:24-cv-00556-M-RJ)
Submitted: August 28, 2025 Decided: September 2, 2025
Before GREGORY, QUATTLEBAUM, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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Robert Paul Sharpe, Appellant Pro Se. John Charles Bircher, III, DAVIS HARTMAN
WRIGHT PLLC, New Bern, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert Paul Sharpe appeals the district court’s order dismissing for failure to
comply with the filing requirements of Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8009 his appeal from the
bankruptcy court’s order remanding to state court an action that Sharpe had removed to the
bankruptcy court as an adversary proceeding. On appeal, Sharpe asks that his applications
for leave to proceed in forma pauperis be restricted to court access only. We deny this
motion as moot. We have reviewed the record and find no abuse of discretion and no
reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. Spark v. Sharpe,
No. 7:24-cv-00556-M-RJ (E.D.N.C. Oct. 11, 2024); see In re SPR Corp., 45 F.3d 70, 74-
75 (4th Cir. 1995) (explaining factors court should consider before dismissal). 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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