OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM M. CONLEY, District Judge.

Steven Robert Lisse appeals from the bankruptcy court's sua sponte dismissal of his Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition on grounds that the plan was filed in bad faith. Pending before the court are a number of motions that this order resolves.

BACKGROUND

At the hearing on the proposed plan, appellant challenged the standing of appellee, HSBC Bank USA to object to the plan, as he would now again on appeal. The bankruptcy court made the following statements regarding standing at the hearing before explaining the reasons for dismissal:

(7/18/16 Hr'g Tr. (dkt. #2-5) at 50:6-12.) On its own authority, the bankruptcy court then ruled on the merits of the Chapter 13 petition.

As an initial matter, appellant has filed a "Motion for Order Requiring Delivery of Document to Court by Conventional Filing and for Preservation of Evidence" (dkt. #3), which seeks to require appellee to file with the clerk of court the document that it presented to the bankruptcy court during the hearing — the original note for the purpose of establishing standing as a creditor. According to appellant, the motion is consistent with an "oral order" by Bankruptcy Judge Martin at the time appellee's counsel presented the original note, stating "[y]ou're responsible for filing the originals of which you've provided copies should an appeal be taken." (7/18/16 Hr'g Tr. (dkt. #2-5) at 38:17-19.)

In contrast, appellee designated that note be made part of the record in this appeal, but now moves for leave to file an amended designation removing it. (Dkt. #13.) Appellee explains that it initially designated the note based on a mistaken belief that Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 8009 requires all trial exhibits to be made part of the appellate record. See Fed. R. Bnkr. Pro. 8009(a)(4) (not including trial exhibits as items that must be included in the record). Appellee further argues that Judge Martin's statement was not an order, while conceding that the district court may on appeal order that additional items be made part of the record.1 See id. ("The record on appeal must include . . . any additional items from the record that the court where the appeal is pending orders.").

Finally, in support of his motion, appellant attaches an affidavit and report from a document examiner, who opines that the original note presented to the bankruptcy court was forged. (Dkt. #2-2.) Appellant goes even further afield, asserting that the filing of the original note and its preservation by the clerk is required for possible federal and state criminal investigations, as well as Lisse's possible pursuit of civil claims against appellee that may arise out of the forged note. Appellant argues that because of these possible federal criminal violations, as well as the bankruptcy court's order and appellee's designation of the note as part of the record, this court should exercise its "authority" to grant his motion.

OPINION

Neither party has shown a need for the relief requested in their motions before the court considers the merits of Lisse's bankruptcy appeal. Accordingly, both will be denied in part and granted in part. To the extent that the authenticity of the note is somehow material to Lisse's appeal, whether the original note must be designated as part of the record or filed with the clerk of court can be addressed in deciding the merits on appeal. Indeed, given the limited helpfulness of the parties' briefs in support of their motions, those issues regarding the note will be better decided with the court having an understanding of appellant's basis for challenging the bankruptcy court's dismissal order. In the meantime, appellee will be directed to file a color copy of the disputed note and to maintain the original in a secure place.

For the same reasons, appellant's pending motion for summary reversal and remand based on his assertions that appellee fraudulently manufactured standing to object to his Chapter 13 plan (dkt. #16) will also be denied, as will appellee's motion to dismiss for lack of prosecution (dkt. #21). The bankruptcy court's sua sponte action would appear to moot appellant's standing to objection in any event, but both parties may brief any arguments related to appellee's standing, along with any other issues raised by this appeal consistent with the deadlines in the amended schedule set forth below.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that: