In Re Stavriotis

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

Wilkes Barre Associates has petitioned this court to remove a portion of the captioned proceedings from the Bankruptcy Court. This “motion to withdraw reference” is made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(d). Because § 157(d) requires that the motion be timely, and this motion is not, it is denied.

FACTS 1

Emil Stavriotis was a general partner in Wilkes Barre Associates, a limited partnership (“Wilkes Barre”). Wilkes Barre’s sole purpose was to own a 98% limited partnership interest in another partnership, Wilkeswood Associates (“Wilkeswood”).…