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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1325

ARLENE A. SMITH-SCOTT,

Debtor - Appellant,

v.

HOWARD BANK; U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; GEORGE W. 

LIEBMANN, TRUSTEE,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. 

(1:15-cv-03423-RDB)

Submitted: May 31, 2016 Decided: August 8, 2016

Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Dismissed in part; affirmed in part by unpublished per curiam 

opinion.

Arlene A. Smith-Scott, Appellant Pro Se. George W. Liebmann, Orbie 

Ray Shively, LIEBMANN & SHIVELY, PA, Baltimore, Maryland; Craig 

Burton Leavers, Hunt Valley, Maryland, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Arlene Smith-Scott appeals the district court’s order 

dismissing her appeal from the bankruptcy court’s order approving 

the bankruptcy trustee’s motion for sale of a parcel of real 

property, and affirming the bankruptcy court’s order denying her 

motion to alter or amend the order converting her Chapter 11 

bankruptcy case to one under Chapter 7. The bankruptcy trustee 

has moved to dismiss the appeal as moot and as barred by res 

judicata. We have reviewed the submissions relative to the motion 

to dismiss and have determined that Smith-Scott’s appeal from the 

order approving the sale has been rendered moot by the sale of the 

property to a good faith purchaser. See 11 U.S.C. § 363(b) (2012); 

Dev. Co. of Am. v. Adamson Co. (In re Adamson Co.), 159 F.3d 896, 

897 (4th Cir. 1998) (holding that lessor’s failure to obtain stay 

of bankruptcy court’s order authorizing sale of debtor’s assets 

and assumption and assignment of debtor’s lease to a good faith 

purchaser rendered moot the lessor’s appeal from the authorization 

order). Accordingly, we grant the motion to dismiss in part and 

dismiss this portion of the appeal. 

As to the appeal from the order denying reconsideration of 

the order converting the bankruptcy case to Chapter 7 from Chapter 

11, we have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. 

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district 

court. Smith-Scott v. Liebmann, No. 1:15-cv-03423-RDB (D. Md. 

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Mar. 18, 2016). In light of this disposition, we deny SmithScott’s motion for a stay pending appeal and her motion to appoint 

a single judge for the purpose of expediting a decision on her 

motion for a stay. We also deny Smith-Scott’s motion for extension 

of time to file a reply brief. 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.

DISMISSED IN PART; 

AFFIRMED IN PART

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