UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1453

In Re: RONALD WADE COWAN, Debtor. ------------------------- TODD S. HOWARD, Plaintiff – Appellant, v. R. CLINTON STACKHOUSE, Defendant - Appellee.

No. 08-1454

TODD S. HOWARD, Plaintiff, and RONALD WADE COWAN, Debtor – Appellant, v. R. CLINTON STACKHOUSE, Defendant - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, District Judge. (2:07-cv-00525-RBS-FBS; BK-04-70278-DHA)

Submitted: March 17, 2009 Decided: March 19, 2009

Before TRAXLER, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Todd S. Howard, Ronald Wade Cowan, Appellants Pro Se. R. Clinton Stackhouse, Appellee Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Todd S. Howard and Ronald Wade Cowan appeal from the district court’s order upholding the bankruptcy court’s authorization of the bankruptcy trustee to sell two radio stations owned by Ronald Cowan’s bankruptcy estate. Because that sale has been completed and the proceeds partially distributed, these appeals are moot. See In re Stadium Mgt.

Corp., 895 F.2d 845, 847 (1st Cir. 1990) (“Absent a stay, 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.”). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED