Elshan Bayramov v. Jolene Wee

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: September 29, 2025
• Docket: 25-1497
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

USCA4 Appeal: 25-1497 Doc: 12 Filed: 09/29/2025 Pg: 1 of 2

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-1497

In re: TOTAL AUTO FINANCING LLC,

Debtor.

----------------------------------

ELSHAN BAYRAMOV,

Appellant,

v.

JOLENE E. WEE,

Trustee - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:24-cv-02308-CMH-WEF)

Submitted: September 25, 2025 Decided: September 29, 2025

Before GREGORY and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Elshan Bayramov, Appellant Pro Se. Dylan Gillespie Trache, NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Trustee - Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 25-1497 Doc: 12 Filed: 09/29/2025 Pg: 2 of 2

PER CURIAM:

Elshan Bayramov appeals the district court’s order affirming the bankruptcy court’s

order approving the sale of property of Total Auto Financing LLC’s bankruptcy estate. In

January 2025, the bankruptcy court denied Bayramov’s motion for a stay as moot because

the sale of the assets had already occurred. Absent a stay, the sale of the assets renders

moot Bayramov’s appeal from the order approving the sale. See 11 U.S.C. § 363(m); In

re Rare Earth Mins., 445 F.3d 359, 363 (4th Cir. 2006) (§ 363(m) “creates a rule of

‘statutory mootness’” (citation omitted)). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal as moot.

See Willemain v. Kivitz, 764 F.2d 1019, 1024 (4th Cir. 1985) (holding that sale of property

rendered pending appeal moot). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED