Catholic Bishop of N. Alaska v. Unaatuq, LLC

MEMORANDUM

As part of its 2010 bankruptcy proceedings, the Catholic Bishop of Northern Alaska (“CBNA”), sold Pilgrim Springs (the “Property”), to Unaatuq, LLC. As part of the sale, the bankruptcy court rejected the claims of Louis Green Sr. and his wife Nancy (the “Greens”) to have adversely possessed the Property. When Unaatuq attempted to occupy the Property, Louis Green, Jr., Stacey Green, and Mary Reader (the “Claimants”) refused to vacate. In this adversary proceeding, the bankruptcy court granted Unaatuq’s motion to enforce the prior judgment against the Greens, and ordered the Claimants to vacate the Property in support of that prior judgment. The district court affirmed. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d)(1), and affirm.

1. In response to Unaatuq’s motion to enforce the prior judgment, Claimants filed a request for Rule 60(b) relief, arguing they had been denied due process in the bankruptcy proceedings because they had not been provided with actual notice of the sale of the Property. Assuming, without deciding, that Claimants were entitled to actual notice of the sale of the Property, we agree with the district court that any error was harmless, as Claimants…