Williams v. United States (In Re Williams)

ORDER ABSTAINING FROM ADVERSARY PROCEEDING

ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Bankruptcy Judge.

Through extensive briefs, we have been requested to interpret, clarify, and otherwise expound on a “Stipulation” (Docket # 130) regarding litigation over the Debtor’s tax liability to the Internal Revenue Service. When the Stipulation was originally pro posed, it was represented that it would help to narrow and define the issues in this adversary proceeding, and would simplify the litigation, and that is why we approved it. In practice, however, it appears to be having the opposite effect. 1

At a recent status…