Chryssoula Arsenis v. United States Trustee

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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CHRYSSOULA ARSENIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
UNITED STATES TRUSTEE,
Defendant-Appellee
BLUE FOUNDRY BANK,
Third-Party-Appellee
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2026-1685
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
District of New Jersey in No. 3:25-cv-02900-RK, Judge
Robert A. Kirsch.
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ON MOTION
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Before TARANTO , H UGHES , and STOLL, Circuit Judges.
PER C URIAM.
O R D E R
Chryssoula Arsenis appealed to the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of New Jersey from a decision of
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the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New
Jersey. The district court dismissed that appeal as moot.
Ms. Arsenis then filed a notice of appeal to this court seek-
ing review of the dismissal. The United States Trustee now
moves to transfer this appeal to the United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit. ECF No. 3. Ms. Arsenis op-
poses that motion and submits an “emergency motion . . .
for stay pending appeal, to retain jurisdiction, and to enjoin
Chapter 7 trustee liquidation/dissipation activity.” ECF
No. 4 at 1 (capitalization omitted).
This is a court of limited jurisdiction that does not typ-
ically include authority to hear appeals originating from
bankruptcy court decisions. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 158(a), 1295;
see also Celotex Corp. v. Edwards, 514 U.S. 300, 313 (1995)
(“If dissatisfied with the Bankruptcy Court’s ultimate deci-
sion, respondents can appeal ‘to the district court for the
judicial district in which the bankruptcy judge is serving,’
see 28 U.S.C. § 158(a), and then to the Court of Appeals for
the [regional] Circuit, see § 158(d).”). And Ms. Arsenis has
not demonstrated that her case otherwise falls within our
limited jurisdiction. Cf., e.g., In re Cambridge Biotech
Corp., 186 F.3d 1356, 1369–70 (Fed. Cir. 1999). Where we
lack jurisdiction, and when it is in the interest of justice,
we will transfer an appeal to the appropriate court.
28 U.S.C. § 1631. Here, any appeal lies with the United
States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Accordingly,
IT IS O RDERED THAT:
The motion to transfer, ECF No. 3, is granted. This
matter and all filings, including Ms. Arsenis’s motion (ECF
No. 4), the United States Trustee’s response (ECF No. 5),
and Ms. Arsenis’s reply (ECF No. 8), are transferred to the
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
May 22, 2026
Date
FOR THE C OURT
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