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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                     FILED
                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                   DEC 15 2020
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                                 FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: SHMUEL ERDE,                                 No. 20-60002

                   Debtor.                          BAP No. 19-1083

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                                                    MEMORANDUM*
SHMUEL ERDE,

                   Appellant,

  v.

DAVID EISENBERG; GEORGE
VETRANO,

                   Appellees.

                             Appeal from the Ninth Circuit
                              Bankruptcy Appellate Panel
                      Gan, Taylor, and Spraker, Bankruptcy Judges

                                 Submitted December 2, 2020**

Before:        WALLACE, CLIFTON, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

       Chapter 11 debtor Shmuel Erde appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy

       *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
       **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s order

denying his motion for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d). We review de novo the bankruptcy

court’s conclusions of law and for clear error its findings of fact. Decker v.

Tramiel (In re JTS Corp.), 617 F.3d 1102, 1109 (9th Cir. 2010). We may affirm

on any ground supported by the record. Shanks v. Dressel, 540 F.3d 1082, 1086

(9th Cir. 2008). We affirm.

      Denial of Erde’s motion for reconsideration brought under Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 60(b)(2) was not an abuse of discretion because Erde failed to

demonstrate grounds for such relief. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(2); Fed. R. Bankr.

P. 9024 (making Rule 60 applicable to bankruptcy cases); Feature Realty, Inc. v.

City of Spokane, 331 F.3d 1082, 1093 (9th Cir. 2003) (setting forth three-part test

for relief from judgment under Rule 60(b)(2)); Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cty.,

Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.3d 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir. 1993) (standard of review).

      We lack jurisdiction over the bankruptcy court’s orders dismissing Erde’s

complaint and amended complaint because Erde’s notice of appeal is untimely as

to those orders. See 28 U.S.C. § 158(c)(2) (an appeal to the BAP must be taken

within the time provided by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002); Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8002(a)(1),

(b)(1)(D) (notice of appeal must be filed within 14 days after entry of the order

being appealed; time to file an appeal runs from entry of the order disposing of a

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Rule 9024 motion if the motion is filed within 14 days after the judgment is

entered); Anderson v. Mouradick (In re Mouradick), 13 F.3d 326, 327 (9th Cir.

1994) (“[T]he untimely filing of a notice of appeal deprives the appellate court of

jurisdiction to review the bankruptcy court’s order.” (citations omitted)).

      Erde’s motion for leave to file a supplemental brief (Docket Entry No. 23) is

granted. The Clerk will file the supplemental brief submitted at Docket Entry No.

22.

      All other pending motions and requests are denied.

      AFFIRMED.

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