Opinion
No. 19-2319
04-20-2020
In re: PHILIP JAY FETNER, Debtor. PHILIP JAY FETNER, Debtor - Appellant, v. HOTEL STREET CAPITAL, L.L.C.; STEPHEN S. ROSZEL, Creditors - Appellees.
Philip Jay Fetner, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Michael Marino, REDMOND, PEYTON & BRASWELL, Alexandria, Virginia; William Davis Ashwell, MARK B. WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES, PLC., Warrenton, Virginia, for Appellees.
UNPUBLISHED
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Anthony John Trenga, District Judge. (1:18-cv-00933-AJT-IDD) Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Philip Jay Fetner, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Michael Marino, REDMOND, PEYTON & BRASWELL, Alexandria, Virginia; William Davis Ashwell, MARK B. WILLIAMS & ASSOCIATES, PLC., Warrenton, Virginia, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:
Phillip Jay Fetner appeals the district court's orders affirming the bankruptcy court's denial of his second motion to extend the exclusivity period to file a Chapter 11 plan and denying reconsideration. Before Fetner noted this appeal, the bankruptcy court entered an order converting Fetner's Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding to one under Chapter 7. Because the bankruptcy case has been converted, we cannot afford Fetner any effective relief. In the context of a bankruptcy proceeding, a court may dismiss an appeal as equitably moot where it would be "impractical or imprudent" to disturb the bankruptcy court's order. In re U.S. Airways Group, Inc., 369 F.3d 806, 809 (4th Cir. 2004) (internal quotation marks omitted); see In re Stadium Mgmt. Corp., 895 F.2d 845, 847 (1st Cir. 1990) ("Absent a stay [of a bankruptcy court transaction or proceeding], the court must dismiss a pending appeal as moot because the court has no remedy that it can fashion even if it would have determined the issues differently."). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED