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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-1067

KRISTIN E. SCHELIN; MARK A. WATSON,

Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

KARL L. MALLOY,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. M. Hannah Lauck, District Judge. (3:24-cv-00059-MHL)

Submitted: November 25, 2025 Decided: December 1, 2025

Before WYNN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Karl Linard Malloy, Appellant Pro Se. Christopher Lawrence Perkins, ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees.

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PER CURIAM:

Karl Linard Malloy appeals the district court’s order dismissing as moot his appeal

from the bankruptcy court’s order denying his motion for a stay pending appeal of the

bankruptcy court’s order remanding to the state court an action that Malloy removed to the

bankruptcy court. Because the district court has affirmed the bankruptcy court’s remand

order, Schelin v. Malloy, No. 3:24-cv-00002-MHL (E.D. Va. Nov. 19, 2024), and because

this court lacks jurisdiction to review the remand order, see

(d), the district

court properly dismissed Malloy’s appeal as moot. See In re Pruett,

(4th Cir. 1997) (“An appeal should be dismissed as moot when, by virtue of an intervening

event, a court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief whatever in favor of the

appellant.” (citation modified)). Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order. See

Schelin v. Malloy, No. 3:24-cv-00059-MHL (E.D. Va. Dec. 18, 2024). 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.

AFFIRMED

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