In Re: Carl and Violeta Lovgren

Filing 5

ORDER signed by Chief Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 1/16/2014 ORDERING that Defendant's 4 Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED. The 1/23/2014, hearing on this matter is hereby VACATED, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. CASE CLOSED. (Zignago, K.)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 In re No. 2:13-civ-00914-MCE 12 CARL LOVGREN, JR. AND VIOLETA CEREZO LOVGREN Adv. No.: 12-02599 13 14 Debtors. _______________________________ 15 CARL AND VIOLETA LOVGREN, 16 Appellants, 17 18 19 v. ORDER KLARAOS NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT 112, a Nevada Series LLC, 20 Appellee. 21 22 Appellants Carl and Violeta Lovgren (“Appellants”) appeal from the bankruptcy 23 court’s Order dismissing their adversary proceeding, entered March 11, 2013, against 24 Appellee Karaos Neighborhood Redevelopment 112 (“Appellee”). Presently before the 25 Court is Appellee’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure of Appellants to File an Opening Brief 26 and for Lack of Prosecution (“Motion”). No opposition has been filed. 27 /// 28 /// 1 1 Appellants appear to have abandoned their appeal, as evidenced by their failure 2 to file either: (1) their Opening Brief, as required by both this Court’s Order dated 3 May 14, 2013, and the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure; or (2) any opposition to 4 Appellant’s Motion. Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Failure to Prosecute (ECF No. 4) 5 is thus GRANTED. See Fed. R. Bankr. P. 8001(a) (“An appellant's failure to take any 6 step other than timely filing a notice of appeal does not affect the validity of the appeal, 7 but is ground only for such action as the district court or bankruptcy appellate panel 8 deems appropriate, which may include dismissal of the appeal.”); 9th Cir. BAP Rule 9 8009(a)-1(b)(3) (“Appellant's failure to file a brief timely may result in the dismissal of the 10 appeal. A brief received after the due date will not be accepted for filing unless it is 11 accompanied by a motion for an extension of time and the motion is granted. The Panel 12 has no obligation to consider a late brief. Sanctions may be imposed, such as the waiver 13 of oral argument, monetary sanctions or dismissal.”). The January 23, 2014, hearing on 14 this matter is hereby VACATED, and the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case. 15 16 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: January 16, 2014 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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