Case Name: Edwin Ritter JONAS, III, Debtor, Appellant, v. Linda JONAS, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-17
Citations: 599 F. App'x 803
Docket Number: No. 13-35526
Parties: Edwin Ritter JONAS, III, Debtor, Appellant, v. Linda JONAS, Appellee.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, RAWLINSÓN, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Bankruptcy Reporter
Volume: 530
Pages: 803–804

Head Matter:
Edwin Ritter JONAS, III, Debtor, Appellant, v. Linda JONAS, Appellee.
No. 13-35526.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 10, 2015.
Filed April 17, 2015.
Edward Albert Murphy, Murphy Law Offices, PLLC, Missoula, MT, for Appellant.
Quentin M. Rhoades, Sullivan, Tabaracci & Rhoades, P.C., Missoula, MT, for Appel-lee.
Before: HAWKINS, RAWLINSÓN, and CALLAHAN, 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
Debtor Edwin Jonas ("Debtor") appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's dismissal of his bankruptcy case with prejudice. We review such a dismissal for an abuse of discretion, Leavitt v. Soto (In re Leavitt), 171 F.3d 1219, 1222-28 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.
The bankruptcy court acted within its discretion to dismiss the case for Debtor's failure to comply with the express terms of the stipulation he negotiated in order to reconvert his case to Chapter 11. As the bankruptcy court found, "The Debtor failed to perform his obligation under the approved Stipulation. He failed to file a plan and disclosure statement by the deadline. On two instances he failed to pay timely quarterly fees. For each of those failures, under the negotiated Stipulation the case was subject to immediate dismissal with prejudice-" See, e.g., 11 U.S.C. § 1112(b)(4)(J) ("failure to file a disclosure statement, or to file or confirm a plan, within the time fixed by this title or by order of the Court" provides cause to dismiss case); Tennant v. Rojas (In re Tennant), 318 B.R. 860, 869 (9th Cir.BAP2004) (bankruptcy court has authority to dismiss case sua sponte for cause).
Dismissal of the underlying bankruptcy case divested the court of jurisdiction over the adversary proceedings against Debt- or's ex-wife Linda, and thus Debtor's argument that the bankruptcy court misapplied the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is not properly before us on appeal and will not be addressed.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.