IN RE: Adam LEE (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Chapter 7 debtor Adam Lee appeals the district court's order dismissing as moot Lee's appeal from the bankruptcy court's order approving a sale of real property. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158(d)(1).

Lee concedes that, because he did not obtain a stay of the sale order, 11 U.S.C. § 363(m) bars him from undoing the sale in this appeal. See In re Onouli-Kona Land Co., 846 F.2d 1170, 1171 (9th Cir. 1988). No exception to the § 363(m) mootness rule is applicable in this context. See In re Filtercorp, Inc., 163 F.3d 570, 576–77 (9th Cir. 1998).

We decline to exercise our discretion to grant the trustee's request that we impose sanctions on Lee.

AFFIRMED.