Gilbert v. APT 4891, LLC ( 2016 )

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 21 2016
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In re: MAURICE ALLEN GILBERT, No.15-55278
Debtor. D.C. No. 5:14-cv-00807-DOC
______________________________
MAURICE ALLEN GILBERT, MEMORANDUM*
Appellant,
v.
APT 4891, LLC,
Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 14, 2016**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Maurice Allen Gilbert appeals pro se from the district court’s order
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
dismissing as moot Gilbert’s appeal of the bankruptcy court’s order confirming
that the automatic stay does not apply to real property that is not property of the
bankruptcy estate. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 158(d), 1291. We
review de novo a district court’s determination that a bankruptcy appeal is moot.
Nat’l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc. v. Stanley (In re Nat’l Mass Media
Telecomm. Sys., Inc.), 152 F.3d 1178, 1180 (9th Cir. 1998). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Gilbert’s appeal as moot because, after
foreclosure proceedings, the property was conveyed to a third party which
prevented the district court from granting effective relief. See id. at 1180-81
(affirming dismissal on the basis of mootness where the sale of the property to a
non-party prevented the court from granting effective relief).
Because we affirm the district court’s order dismissing the appeal as moot,
we do not consider Gilbert’s arguments addressing the underlying merits of the
appeal.
Appellee’s request for judicial notice, filed July 30, 2015, is denied as
unnecessary.
AFFIRMED.
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