In Re: RONALD WADE COWAN v. R. Clinton Stackhouse

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-1453
In Re: RONALD WADE COWAN,
Debtor.
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TODD S. HOWARD,
Plaintiff – Appellant,
v.
R. CLINTON STACKHOUSE,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 08-1454
TODD S. HOWARD,
Plaintiff,
and
RONALD WADE COWAN,
Debtor – Appellant,
v.
R. CLINTON STACKHOUSE,
Defendant - Appellee.

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Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, District
Judge. (2:07-cv-00525-RBS-FBS; BK-04-70278-DHA)
Submitted: March 17, 2009 Decided: March 19, 2009
Before TRAXLER, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Todd S. Howard, Ronald Wade Cowan, Appellants Pro Se. R.
Clinton Stackhouse, Appellee Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Todd S. Howard and Ronald Wade Cowan appeal from the
district court’s order upholding the bankruptcy court’s
authorization of the bankruptcy trustee to sell two radio
stations owned by Ronald Cowan’s bankruptcy estate. Because
that sale has been completed and the proceeds partially
distributed, these appeals are moot. See In re Stadium Mgt.
Corp., 895 F.2d 845, 847 (1st Cir. 1990) (“Absent a stay, the
court must dismiss a pending appeal as moot because the court
has no remedy that it can fashion even if it would have
determined the issues differently.”). We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED

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