In Re Verity Health System of California, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CV 19-10352 DSF

CV 19-10354 DSF

In re Verity Health Systems of CV 19-10356 DSF California, Inc., Debtor. Order DISMISSING Appeals as Moot

The orders of the Bankruptcy Court appealed from in these consolidated appeals concern the approval of, and attempted enforcement of, an agreement between the Debtor and Appellant for the purchase of several hospitals owned by the Debtor. There is no dispute that this transaction will no longer occur both because the Debtor has abandoned its attempt at consummating the agreement and because several of the hospitals have either been sold or leased to other parties in the intervening period. Given this, Appellees argue that these appeals are moot because reversal of the Bankruptcy Court would not result in any change in the material position of the parties. Appellant’s only argument against constitutional mootness is that the Bankruptcy Court’s orders are being “us[ed] as ammunition in their pursuit of tens of millions of dollars in damages from [Appellant].” Appellant’s Reply at 16. The Court interprets this to mean that Appellant believes that the Bankruptcy Court’s orders…