No mob is 100% sleep-proof. You can sleep any mob if you have enough skill level, buffs and MAtk. I have slept every monster in Lair of Antharas, even though most sleep-resistant take too much mana on failed attempts.
I am pretty sure I slept one (only "pretty sure" because immediately after the sleep landed, somebody started attacking it... but I am sure I saw the "sleep ball" above the chest). But they are insanely resistant to sleep.
Just remembered this thread today when we were in lair and slept a chest. So, just to confirm: you cannot sleep the chests which give loot (the previous "boxes") - they simply disappear. But you can sleep the chest MOBS, i.e. the mimics. Just a quick pic here, (http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7659/chestsleep9ao.jpg) because many people do not believe me you can sleep them (they are insanely sleep resistant).