Ellis

MEMORANDUM **

William S. Ellis, Jr., the sole equity security holder of Chapter 11 Debtor Upland Partners, appeals pro se the district court’s judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s civil contempt order against Ellis for violating the automatic stay, and imposing a sanction in the amount of $4,119.76. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo questions of jurisdiction. Moore v. Jogert, Inc. (In re Jogert, Inc.), 950 F.2d 1498, 1501 (9th Cir.1991). We review for abuse of discretion the decision to impose contempt, and underlying factual findings for clear error. Knupfer v. Lindblade (In re Dyer), 322 F.3d 1178, 1191 (9th Cir.2003). We affirm.

Contrary to Ellis’s contention, the bankruptcy court retained jurisdiction over the property that Ellis attempted to convey on March 6, 2002. The bankruptcy court’s termination of the automatic stay, on March 5 and March 6, 2002, for a limited purpose, did not constitute an “abandonment” of the property. Catalano v. Comm’r, 279 F.3d 682, 686 (9th Cir.2002). Ellis’s reliance on Wilson v. Bill Barry Enters., Inc., 822 F.2d 859 (9th Cir.1987), is unavailing because Wilson applied to facts and a statutory scheme that are…