District Court, D. Maryland February 3, 1999, Civ.A. MJG-98-2959 (Berman v. Forti)

GARBIS, District Judge.

The Court has before it Appellants’ appeal from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland’s Order Avoiding Liens entered July 29, 1998 and materials submitted by the parties relating thereto. The Court finds that a hearing is unnecessary.

I.

BACKGROUND

In late 1993 and early 1994, Robert Ber-man and C.