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Staff Report//June 4, 2026//
The trustee moved to dismiss debtor’s appeal challenging the bankruptcy court’s order granting approval of the sale of real estate. The trustee asserted that the sale of the subject real estate had already closed.
Where debtor had not obtained a stay of the sale, the closing of the sale made debtor’s appeal statutorily moot.
Appeal is dismissed.
In re: Berkshire (MLW No. 84857/Case No. 26-6003 – 3 pages) (U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Nebraska, Kruse, J. (James Edward Bachman, Omaha, NE for appellant) (Michael Thomas Eversden, Omaha, NE for appellee)
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