NV Eagles, LLC v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC
Decision Date | 15 May 2020 |
Docket Number | No. 78416,78416 |
Citation | 462 P.3d 1230 (Table) |
Parties | NV EAGLES, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, Appellant, v. NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Respondent. |
Court | Nevada Supreme Court |
462 P.3d 1230 (Table)
NV EAGLES, LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company, Appellant,
v.NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, Respondent.
No. 78416
Supreme Court of Nevada.
FILED MAY 15, 2020
Akerman LLP/Las Vegas
This is an appeal from a district court judgment following a bench trial, certified as final under NRCP 54(b), in an action to quiet title. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Jerry A. Wiese, Judge.1
We are not persuaded that the district court erred in determining that the HOA’s foreclosure sale violated the automatic bankruptcy stay. See Weddell v. H2O, Inc., 128 Nev. 94, 101, 271 P.3d 743, 748 (2012) (reviewing a district court’s factual findings following a bench trial for substantial evidence and its legal conclusions de novo). Although appellant contends that the sale did not violate the automatic stay because the debtor had been personally discharged before the sale, the subject property was still part of the bankruptcy estate at the time of the sale and therefore was still subject to the automatic stay.2 See Bigelow v. C.I.R ., 65 F.3d 127, 128 (9th Cir. 1995) ("Under § 362(c)(1), an automatic stay prohibits ‘act[s] against property of the [bankruptcy] estate,’ following an order of discharge." (quoting 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(1) )); In re Rich , 544 B.R. 436, 440 n.6 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. 2016) ("[T]he stay remains in effect as to property of the estate even after a discharge issues ...."); In re Bruce , No. 8:14-BK-15055-MW, 2018 WL 3424581, at *3 (Bankr. C.D. Cal. July 12, 2018) ("The automatic stay remains in effect as to property of the estate even after a discharge issues."); In re Burke , No. 12-12508-MKN, 2016 WL 3536618, at *3 (Bankr. D. Nev. Apr. 15, 2016) ("When the Discharge Order was entered on June 11, 2012, the automatic stay only terminated as to the Debtor, but remained with respect to all property of the Debtor s bankruptcy estate."). Consequently, the district court correctly determined that the HOA’s foreclosure sale was invalid because it violated the automatic bankruptcy stay. See LN Mgmt. LLC Series 5105 Portraits Place v. Green Tree Loan Servicing LLC, 133 Nev. 394, 396-97, 399 P.3d 359, 360-61 (2017) (holding that foreclosure sales conducted in violation of the automatic bankruptcy stay are invalid unless the stay is retroactively annulled).3 We therefore
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
1 Pursuant to NRAP 34(f)(1), we have determined that oral argument is not warranted in this appeal.
2 Appellant suggests that the district court should not have taken judicial notice of the bankruptcy court docket, but it has not provided any coherent explanation as to why doing so was improper. See Edwards v. Emperor's Garden Rest., ...
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