Carol Forti v. Andrew Ross, No. 12-2383 (4th Cir. 2013)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 12-2383 CAROL A. FORTI, a/k/a Carol Ann Forti, Debtor - Appellant, v. ANDREW S. ROSS, Creditor Appellee, THOMAS P. GORMAN, Chapter 13 Trustee, Trustee - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge. (1:12-cv-00785-GBL-TRJ) Submitted: April 18, 2013 Decided: April 22, 2013 Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Carol A. Forti, Appellant Pro Se. George Alexandria, Virginia; Eva Choi, OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees. E. Tuttle, Jr., THE CHAPTER 13 Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Carol A. Forti appeals from the district court s order denying her motion for a stay of the disbursement of funds in her bankruptcy case pending appeal. All funds of the bankruptcy estate and have now been distributed Accordingly, this appeal is moot. a discharge granted. 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. ). dispense with contentions are oral We deny argument adequately Forti s because presented in pending the the facts motions and and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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