Stoltz v. Brattleboro Housing Authority

Memorandum of Decision

MURTHA, Chief Judge.

Debtor Laura Ann Stoltz appeals from an order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Vermont (Brown, J.) which lifted the Bankruptcy Code’s automatic stay thereby permitting her landlord, Brattleboro Housing Authority (BHA), to evict her from her publicly subsidized apartment. Stoltz challenges the bankruptcy court’s order on grounds that the bankruptcy judge erroneously construed the effect of the Code’s anti-discrimination section, 11 U.S.C. § 525, to the facts of her case. For reasons set forth below, the bankruptcy court’s order…