Antonia Aleman v. Antonia Aleman

MEMORANDUM

Elizabeth D. Campos appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) dismissal of her appeal from the bankruptcy court’s order denying her application for waiver of the filing fee. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We review de novo the BAP’s mootness determination, Nat’l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc. v. Stanley (In re Nat’l Mass Media Telecomm. Sys., Inc.), 152 F.3d 1178 , 1180 (9th Cir.1998), and we affirm.

The BAP properly dismissed Campos’s appeal as moot because the BAP could not provide effective relief to Campos even if it did reverse the fee waiver order because the deadline to file a complaint challenging the dischargeability of the debt, or a motion to extend that deadline, had passed. See Church of Scientology of Cal. v. United States, 506 U.S. 9, 12 , 113 S.Ct. 447 , 121 L.Ed.2d 313 (1992) (appeal must be dismissed as moot if it is impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief to the prevailing party); see also Fed. R. Bankr.P. 4007(c) (providing deadline for filing a complaint to determine the dis-chargeability of a debt and explaining that a motion for an extension of that deadline “shall be filed before the time has…