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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA
IN RE: PANTHERA ENTERPRISES, LLC
Case No.: 19-00787
Debtor.
Chapter 7
TRUSTEE’S STATUS REPORT OF JANUARY 17, 2023
Now comes the Trustee, Aaron C. Amore, with a status report on this case as of January
17, 2023.
Novation of DEA Contract
The novation of contracts has been finalized but the DEA has continued to send requests
for work orders to the Trustee as manager of Panthera Enterprises. The Trustee and Panthera
Training are working to resolve this issue so new work orders are sent directly to Panthera
Training, LLC.
Status of compliance with Order granting motion to sell
The Trustee has made payments to West Virginia Paving, LLC and Howard Shockey &
Sons, Inc. consistent with the Court’s order approving the motion to sell and the order approving
the Trustee’s Motion for First Interim Distribution. The Trustee has also paid Kelly Smith, CPA
for his work on the audit, his supplemental fee application as well as John P. “Jack” Lantzy for
the preparation of tax returns. The Trustee has received $152,500.00 of the allowed commission
of $205,291.82.
Status of case
The Trustee needs to resolve the issues related to the continuing direct work requests
from the DEA. The Trustee is now able to liquidate the remaining asset of the Estate, that being
the note payable to the Estate by Panthera Training, LLC. The Trustee has funds on hand of
$4,532.78. The balance of the note owed to the Estate is $226,292.52.
Future expenses/costs
The Trustee does not expect significant expenses or costs by way of keeping the estate
open. The estate will have additional tax return(s) but these returns will not be complicated and
will simply reflect funds in and out with no additional tax liability incurred. The Trustee
anticipates he will have nominal administrative expenses moving forward.
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Aaron C. Amore, Trustee
Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Aaron C. Amore
Aaron C. Amore WVSB #6455
Chapter 7 Trustee
206 West Liberty Street
P.O. Box 386
Charles Town, WV 25414
304-885-4111
aaron@amorelaw.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Aaron C. Amore hereby certify that on this 17th day of January 2023, the foregoing
TRUSTEE’S REPORT OF JANUARY 17, 2023 was served through the Court’s ECF system on
all parties registered to receive CM/ECF notices, by U.S. Mail and/or email, including:
Via Email:
Kelly T. Smith ksmith@sek.com
Jack Lantzy jlantzy@sek.com
Mark A. Lindsay mlindsay@bernsteinlaw.com
Rob Duncan tarpon777@yahoo.com
Rob Duncan as manager of TR&L tkelsey@woodsrogers.com
Bruce & Stacie Hardy bsrhardy@comcast.net
Henry Swergold hswergold@platzerlaw.com
CM/ECF
• Debra Lee Allen dallen@spilmanlaw.com
• Aaron C. Amore aaron@amorelaw.com,
jackie@amorelaw.com;c.ar70274@notify.bestcase.com;alaina@amorelaw.com
• Aaron C. Amore amorewvt@gmail.com,
aca@trustesolutions.net;jackiewvt@gmail.com;annwvt@gmail.com
• Robert S. Bernstein rbernstein@bernsteinlaw.com,
cwirick@bernsteinlaw.com;cwirick@ecf.courtdrive.com;rbernstein@ecf.courtd
rive.com
• Elizabeth B. Carroll elizabeth_carroll@vawb.uscourts.gov
• Julia A. Chincheck jchincheck@bowlesrice.com
• Spencer D. Elliott selliott@lgcr.com
• Douglas Kahle dkahle@basnightkinser.com
• Gary O. Kinder gary.o.kinder@usdoj.gov
• Travis Alan Knobbe tknobbe@spilmanlaw.com,
dambrose@spilmanlaw.com
• Sabrina B. Lee sabrina_lee@vawb.uscourts.gov
• William J. Leon jayleon@comcast.net
• Salene Rae Mazur Kraemer skraemer@bernsteinlaw.com,
salene@ecf.courtdrive.com,
• Michael R. Proctor mproctor@bowlesrice.com, lcrown@bowlesrice.com
• Brandy M. Rapp brapp@wtplaw.com, twhitt@wtplaw.com
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• John J. Richardson jrichardson@bernsteinlaw.com
• Zachary James Rosencrance zrosencrance@bowlesrice.com,
ajones@bowlesrice.com
• Robert Sellards rms@bcyon.com
• James E. Smith jes2esq@frontiernet.net
• Anita M. Swaton Anita_Swaton@wvnb.uscourts.gov
• Steven L. Thomas sthomas@kaycasto.com,
lwalker@kaycasto.com;abrewster@kaycasto.com;nball@kaycasto.com
• Stephen L. Thompson sthompson@barth-thompson.com, office@barth-
thompson.com;chris@barth-thompson.com
• United States Trustee ustpregion04.ct.ecf@usdoj.gov
• Eric Michael Wilson eric.m.wilson@wv.gov, lora.l.rutledge@wv.gov
Manual Notice List
Notice was not mailed to the parties below as no addresses were provided. To the extent the
Trustee has email addresses the below notice parties, they were emailed.
Rob Duncan
Manager/Duncan Development Group, LLC
Rob Duncan
Manager/TR&L, LLC,
a Virginia Limited Liability Company
Successor to SMI, LLC,
a Virginia Limited Liability Company
Bruce Hardy
Stacie Hardy
Anthony McIntyre
Timothy Miller
/s/ Aaron C. Amore
Aaron C. Amore, Esq.
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