In Re: Lawrence Remsen v. Richard Marshack
In Re: Lawrence Remsen v. Richard Marshack
Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JUN 3 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In re: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, No. 22-60029
Debtor. BAP No. 21-1267 ______________________________
LAWRENCE REMSEN; ALICIA MARIE MEMORANDUM* RICHARDS,
Appellants,
v.
RICHARD A. MARSHACK, Chapter 7 Trustee; RYAL W. RICHARDS,
Appellees.
In re: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, No. 22-60030
Debtor, BAP No. 21-1263
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ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
Appellant,
v.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. RICHARD A. MARSHACK, Chapter 7 Trustee; RYAL W. RICHARDS,
Appellees.
Appeals from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Gan, Lafferty and Spraker, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
In re: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, No. 22-60031
Debtor, BAP No. 21-1275
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ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
Appellant,
v.
RICHARD A. MARSHACK, Chapter 7 Trustee; RYAL W. RICHARDS; LAWRENCE REMSEN, Trustee, Remsen Family Trust,
Appellees.
In re: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, No. 22-60032
Debtor. BAP No. 21-1277 ______________________________
LAWRENCE REMSEN; ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
2 22-60029 22-60030 22-60031 22-60032 22-60033 Appellants,
v.
RICHARD A. MARSHACK, Chapter 7 Trustee; RYAL W. RICHARDS,
Appellees.
In re: ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS, No. 22-60033
Debtor. BAP No. 21-1276 ______________________________
LAWRENCE REMSEN; REMSEN FAMILY TRUST, Co-Trustee Lawrence Remsen; ALICIA MARIE RICHARDS,
Appellants,
v.
RICHARD A. MARSHACK, Chapter 7 Trustee; RYAL W. RICHARDS,
Appellees.
Appeals from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Lafferty, Faris, and Gan, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding
Submitted May 29, 2024**
** The panel unanimously concludes these cases are suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). 3 22-60029 22-60030 22-60031 22-60032 22-60033 Before: FRIEDLAND, BENNETT, and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges.
In these consolidated appeals, Chapter 7 debtor Alicia Marie Richards,
Lawrence Remsen, and the Remsen Family Trust, Co-Trustee Lawrence Remsen,
appeal pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgments
dismissing their appeals from the bankruptcy court’s orders compelling the
turnover of real property and denying a motion for a stay. We have jurisdiction
under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo the question of mootness. Suter v.
Goedert, 504 F.3d 982, 985 (9th Cir. 2007). We affirm.
The BAP properly dismissed as moot the appeals from the bankruptcy
court’s orders because no effective relief could be granted by reversal or vacatur of
the orders after the real property was sold. See Castaic Partners II, LLC v. Daca-
Castaic, LLC (In re Castaic Partners II, LLC), 823 F.3d 966, 968-69 (9th Cir.
2016) (explaining that the “test for mootness of an appeal is whether the appellate
court can give the appellant any effective relief in the event that it decides the
matter on the merits in his favor” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted));
see also 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) (providing that a sale to a good faith purchaser may
not be modified or set aside on appeal unless the sale was stayed pending appeal).
We do not consider appellants’ contentions regarding the good faith of the
purchaser or the homestead exemption because they were raised for the first time
4 22-60029 22-60030 22-60031 22-60032 22-60033 on appeal to this court. See Burnett v. Resurgent Cap. Servs. (In re Burnett), 435 F.3d 971, 975-76 (9th Cir. 2006) (stating that, absent exceptional circumstances,
issues not raised before the BAP are waived).
AFFIRMED.
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