1 / 10  UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT  SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS  HOUSTON DIVISION   IN RE:  § § § § § § §  STEPHEN HARRY DERNICK,et al  CASE NO: 18-32417      DAVID DERNICK; aka DERNICK  CASE NO: 18-32494    (Jointly Administered)  Debtors      CHAPTER 11    MEMORANDUM OPINION  DENYING DEBTORS' AMENDED EMERGENCY MOTION FOR STAY PENDING  APPEAL ON FEES AWARDED IN CONNECTION WITH MOTION TO COMPEL  Resolving ECF No. 296    I.  Introduction    Pending before this Court is \"Debtors' Amended Emergency Motion for Stay Pending  Appeal on Fees Awarded in Connection with Motion to Compel\" (\"Amended Emergency  Motion\"), ECF No. 296, which was filed in response to this Court's \"Order on NorthStar Gas  Ventures, LLC's Application to Recover Fees Awarded in Connection with Motion to Compel\"  (\"Order\"). ECF No. 236. The Court makes the following findings of facts and conclusions of  law. Any finding of fact more properly considered a conclusion of law should be considered  such. Any conclusion of law more properly considered a finding of fact should be considered  such. For the reasons set below, this Court denies the Amended Emergency Motion.  II.  Findings of Fact    Stephen H. Dernick and David D. Dernick (collectively \"Debtors\") filed their individual  Chapter 11 bankruptcy petitions1 in May 2018. ECF No. 1; No. 18-32417, ECF No. 1. On July  12, 2018, NorthStar Gas Ventures, LLC (\"NorthStar\") filed and served Rule 2004 Examination   1 Initially, Stephen H. Dernick filed his Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition under No. 18-32417 on May 4, 2018, and David D. Dernick filed his Chapter 11 Voluntary Petition under No. 18-32494 on May 9, 2018. On June 28, 2018, this Court ordered that the Chapter 11 cases of 18-32417 and 18-32494 be jointly administered under 18-32417. ECF No. 38.  ENTERED  01/16/2019  Case 18-32417 Document 300 Filed in TXSB on 01/16/19 Page 1 of 10