Case Name: IN RE: Michael John ENNIS, Debtor, Michael John Ennis, Appellant, v. Fair Play Real Estate, LLC, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-30
Citations: 692 F. App'x 892
Docket Number: No. 16-60076
Parties: IN RE: Michael John ENNIS, Debtor, Michael John Ennis, Appellant, v. Fair Play Real Estate, LLC, Appellee.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Bankruptcy Reporter
Volume: 573
Pages: 892–892

Head Matter:
IN RE: Michael John ENNIS, Debtor, Michael John Ennis, Appellant, v. Fair Play Real Estate, LLC, Appellee.
No. 16-60076
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 26, 2017
Filed June 30, 2017
Michael John Ennis, Pro Se
Mary E. Tang, French Lyon Tang, Walnut Creek, CA, for Appellee
Before: PAEZ, BEA, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P..34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Michael John Ennis appeals pro se from an order of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel ("BAP") dismissing as moot Ennis's appeal from a bankruptcy court's order granting appellee's motion to lift the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(d). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo the BAP's determination that a bankruptcy appeal is moot. Nat'l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc. v. Stanley (In re Nat'l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc.), 152 F.3d 1178, 1180 (9th Cir. 1998). We affirm.
The BAP properly dismissed Ennis's appeal as moot because appellee Fair Play Real Estate, LLC, took possession of the property in dispute pursuant to an unlawful detainer judgment obtained in state court, which prevented the BAP from granting Ennis effective relief. See id. at 1180-81 (a case is moot where "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)).
In light of our disposition, we do not reach Ennis's arguments addressing the underlying merits of the appeal.
Appellee's motion to take judicial notice (Docket Entry No. 13) is granted.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.