Jackson v. Midwest Partnership

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PLUNKETT, District Judge.

When a debtor seeks the protection of the bankruptcy court, an automatic stay stops creditors and claimants in their tracks. Acts of creditors to obtain control over the bankrupt’s property or to perfect and enforce liens are forbidden. 11 U.S.C.A. § 362a(3), (4). Lucille Jackson filed for bankruptcy protection on January 24, 1992. Nearly three years before, Midwest had acquired a “certificate of purchase” (35 ILCS 205/248) at the State of Illinois delinquent tax sale of debtor’s real estate. That certificate entitled Midwest to obtain a…