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JOHN G. MCMILLAN,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
LTV STEEL, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.


No. 07-4370

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland.
No. 06-00850—Sara E. Lioi, District Judge.
Argued: December 4, 2008
Decided and Filed: February 5, 2009
Before: CLAY and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges; STAMP, District Judge.

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OPINION
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CLAY, Circuit Judge. John G. McMillan appeals the district court’s judgment upholding the bankruptcy court’s denial of McMillan’s claim seeking administrative expense priority status for amounts allegedly owed to him by his former employer, LTV Steel, Inc. (“LTV Steel”), a debtor in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The bankruptcy court sustained LTV Steel’s objection to McMillan’s administrative expense claims, and denied McMillan’s claims. The district court affirmed, concluding that the bankruptcy court properly sustained LTV Steel’s objection, and that the bankruptcy court did not err in denying McMillan’s motion for reconsideration. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the order of the district court affirming the bankruptcy court’s denial of McMillan’s administrative expense claim.