Opinion
C21-1362JLR Bankruptcy 18-11375-TWD
01-05-2022
In re NORTH CASCADE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC., Debtor. v. NANCY L. JAMES, Appellee. JENNIFER LEUNG, Appellant,
MINUTE ORDER
The following minute order is made by the direction of the court, the Honorable James L. Robart:
Before the court is a January 4, 2022 letter from the Acting United States Trustee for Region 18 (“U.S. Trustee”). (Letter (Dkt. # 20).) The U.S. Trustee asserts that pro se appellant Jennifer Leung incorrectly identified him as a party to her bankruptcy appeal and requests that the Clerk remove the U.S. Trustee from the docket in this matter. (Id.) The court has reviewed the record and agrees that the U.S. Trustee is not an appropriate party to Ms. Leung's bankruptcy appeal. Although Ms. Leung has now filed a notice of appeal of the court's dismissal of her bankruptcy appeal (see Dkt. # 16), the court finds that removing the U.S. Trustee from the docket is an appropriate exercise of its ministerial functions. See, e.g., Putz v. Golden, No. C10-0741JLR, 2012 WL 5293354, at *2 (W.D. Wash. Oct. 26, 2012) (citing Newton v. Consolidated Gas Co., 258 U.S. 165, 177 (1992)). Accordingly, the court DIRECTS the Clerk to remove the U.S. Trustee from the docket in this matter.