Opinion
No. 08-56054.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed October 6, 2009.
Shanel Ann Stasz, pro se.
Patrick Kelly McClellan, Law Offices of Patrick K. McClellan, Irvine, CA, for Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, A. Howard Matz, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. 2:08-cv-02336-AHM.
Before: SILVERMAN, RAWLINSON, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Shanel Ann Stasz, a Chapter 7 debtor, appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing as moot her appeal of the bankruptcy court's order granting the trustee's motion to sell Stasz's condominium to pay off creditors. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's conclusion that the 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), and we affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the appeal as moot because the property at issue had been sold to a third-party good faith purchaser, and the court was no longer able to fashion an effective remedy. See id. (affirming dismissal on mootness grounds where property at issue was sold and court could not grant effective relief).