R. SORRELS, Trustee of the other RCJS Trust v. Northwest Trustee Services Inc;

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
R. SORRELS, Trustee of the other RCJS
Trust,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
NORTHWEST TRUSTEE SERVICES INC;
et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-35007
D.C. No. 3:15-cv-05146-RJB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Washington
Robert J. Bryan, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted July 11, 2017**
Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
R. Sorrels appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his
diversity action alleging state law claims related to foreclosure proceedings. We
review de novo questions of our own jurisdiction. Hunt v. Imperial Merchant
* 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).
FILED
JUL 18 2017
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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2 16-35007
Servs., Inc., 560 F.3d 1137, 1140 (9th Cir. 2009).
Because the foreclosure sale of the property has already been completed, this
court cannot grant the relief Sorrels requests and we dismiss the appeal as moot.
See Vegas Diamond Props., LLC v. FDIC, 669 F.3d 933, 936 (9th Cir. 2012)
(“[T]he sale of the real properties prevents this Court from granting the requested
relief and accordingly renders this appeal moot.”); Am. Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa. v.
Baker, 22 F.3d 880, 896 (9th Cir. 1994) (a case is moot when there is no longer a
present controversy as to which effective relief can be granted).
DISMISSED.

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