CIVIL, LLC
Case # 25-20179
Filed August 20, 2025
Case Background
On August 20, 2025, Civil, LLC and certain of its affiliated companies filed voluntary chapter 11 petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. The bankruptcy cases are being jointly-administered under Case Number 25-20179, and have been assigned to the Honorable David L. Bisset. The official court docket for each of the bankruptcy cases can be accessed through the Court’s website at https://ecf.wvsb.uscourts.gov/. An unofficial copy of the docket is provided here for the convenience of creditors and parties-in-interest in these bankruptcy cases.
For information as to how to file a claim in the bankruptcy cases, please click here.
Dates of Importance
August 20, 2025 - Petition Filing Date
August 22, 2025 - First Day Motions Hearing
August 22, 2025 - Order entered for joint administration – lead case Civil, LLC
September 29, 2025 - Meeting of Creditors (telephone conference) @ 10:00 a.m. (EST)
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November 28, 2025 - §523(c) Exception/objection to discharge deadline
December 29, 2025 - Proof of claim deadline (all creditors other than Governmental Units)
February 16, 2026 - Governmental unit claim deadline
Section 341 Meeting of Creditors
Meeting of Creditors (telephone conference)
September 29, 2025 @ 10:00 a.m. (EST)
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Debtor
CIVIL, LLC – lead case 25-20179
Associated Cases
Kratos Resources LLC (Case No. 25-20180)
Resilient Mining, LLC (Case No. 25-20181)
Resilient Eagle LLC (Case No. 25-20182)
Don Holdings, LLC (Case No. 25-20178)
Falcon Reclamation Limited Liability Company (Case No. 25-20183)
North Springs Holding LLC (Case No. 25-20184)
Smoky Quartz LLC (Case No. 25-20185)
Big Mule Air L.L.C. (Case No. 25-20186)
Pocahontas Processing LLC (Case No. 25-20187)
Yellow Garage, LLC (Case No. 25-20188)
Key Parties And Contacts
Debtor’s Counsel
John Zachary Balasko
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Edwin Miller Professional Building
1250 Edwin Miller Blvd, Suite 300
Martinsburg, WV 25404
304-433-1354
Sarah Ellis
Steptoe & Johnson
707 Virginia St E
Ste 800
Charleston, WV 25301
304-353-8127
U.S. Trustee
United States Trustee
2025 Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse
300 Virginia Street East
Charleston, WV 25301
Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
Andrew E. Fox
CHAIRPERSON
Appalachian Laboratories, Inc.
P. O. Box 392
Beckley, WV 258002
(304)673-1763
Robert J. Kenney
First Surety Corporation
179 Summers Street, Suite 307
Charleston, WV 25301
(304)720-1985
Steve Kravitz
Target Drilling, Inc.
1112 Glacier Drive
Smithton, PA 15479
(724)912-9679
Ben Cooksey
Corky Wells Electric, Inc.
P. O. Box 203
Rush, KY 41168-0203
(606)923-1424
James Brogan
Mountaineer Investigation & Security, Inc.
P. O. Box 898
Athens, WV 24712
(304)877-8500 – Telephone
(304)384-3119 – Facsimile
Counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors
Michael J. Roeschenthaler, Esq.
Sarah E. Wenrich, Esq.
Raines Feldman Littrell LLP
11 Stanwix Street, Suite 1100
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Stephen L. Thompson, Esq.
Barth & Thompson Law Offices
P.O. Box 129
Charleston, WV 25321
Deadline to File Claims
The deadline for the filing of proofs of claim against the Debtor in this case December 29, 2025.
Electronic Filing:
By Mail:
Clerk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse
300 Virginia Street East, Room 3200
Charleston, West Virginia 25301