United States v. Ronny Robbin
United States v. Ronny Robbin
Opinion
United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________
No. 18-3466 ___________________________
United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Ronny B. Robbin; Lynette R. Robbin
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellants
North American State Bank
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant ____________
Appeal from United States District Court for the District of Minnesota ____________
Submitted: March 17, 2020 Filed: March 20, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________
Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________
PER CURIAM. In this action brought by the United States to reduce tax assessments to judgment and enforce tax liens, Minnesota residents Ronny and Lynette Robbin appeal following the district court’s1 entry of an order of sale. To the extent the Robbins challenge the district court’s earlier grant of summary judgment and denial of their Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion, we dismiss the appeal because the notice of appeal is untimely as to those orders. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B) (notice of appeal must be filed within 60 days after entry of judgment when United States is a party); Dill v. Gen. Am. Life Ins. Co., 525 F.3d 612, 619-20 (8th Cir. 2008) (timely notice of appeal is mandatory and jurisdictional).
As to the Robbins’ challenges to the order of sale, we conclude, following a careful review, that the appeal is moot, as the court’s instructions to the Robbins to maintain and vacate the property only applied until the sale was confirmed. See Calderon v. Moore, 518 U.S. 149, 150 (1996) (appeal should be dismissed as moot when, by virtue of intervening event, court of appeals cannot grant any effectual relief in favor of appellant). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as moot. ______________________________
1 The Honorable Donovan W. Frank, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.
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