In Re: John G. Pattullo in Re: Susan F. Pattullo, Debtors. United States Internal Revenue Vacating Service v. John G. Pattullo Susan F. Pattullo

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• vacating district court and bankruptcy court orders where a bankruptcy appeal was mooted by dismissal of Chapter 13 proceeding
• vacating district court and bankruptcy court orders where bankruptcy appeal was mooted by dismissal of Chapter 13 proceeding
• explaining that “[i]f an event occurs while a case is pending on appeal that makes it impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief whatever to a prevailing party, the appeal is moot and must be dismissed” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• vacating where event determined to moot case occurred before appellate decision was rendered
• “To have jurisdiction, we must be able to grant effective relief within the boundaries of the present case.”
• since a dismissal 27 for mootness is a dismissal for lack of jurisdiction, a court that has no jurisdiction cannot enter a judgment with preclusive 28 effect

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