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IN RE: Darryl CARTER, Debtor. Darryl Carter, Appellant, v. Ron L. Barber, Appellee.
    No. 16-60034
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted August 9, 2017 
    
    Filed August 15, 2017
    
      Darryl Carter, Pro Se
    Ron L. Barber, Pro Se
    Scott Michael Hutchison, Attorney, Law Offices of David A. Wallis, Sacramento, CA, for Appellee
    Before: SCHROEDER, TASHIMA, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Darryl Carter appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment dismissing as moot Carter’s request for injunctive relief, and vacating and remanding the remainder of the bankruptcy court’s judgment in Carter’s adversary proceeding. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo BAP decisions and apply the same standard of review that the BAP applied to the bankruptcy court’s ruling. Boyajian v. New Falls Corp. (In re Boyajian), 564 F.3d 1088, 1090 (9th Cir. 2009). We affirm.

The, BAP properly concluded that Carter’s request for injunctive relief was moot because Carter sought to enjoin an unlawful detainer proceeding that had concluded. See Nat’l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc. v. Stanley (In re Nat’l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc.), 152 F.3d 1178, 1180-81 (9th Cir. 1998) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that a case is constitutionally moot when “an event occurs while a case is pending appeal that makes it impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief’ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

We reject as without merit Carter’s contention that the BAP erred by construing his “time expenditures” as a request for attorney’s fees.

To the extent Carter contends that the BAP improperly remanded his damages claims to the bankruptcy court instead of resolving them in the first instance, we reject such contention as without merit.

All pending requests and motions are denied.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.