In the Matter of Timely Secretarial Service, Inc., Debtor. General Electric Credit Corporation v. Timely Secretarial Service, Inc.

KING, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the scope of a bankruptcy court’s power to reimpose a previously-lifted automatic stay and award the debtor possession of certain leased premises that were retaken by the lessor while the stay was lifted. The lessor argues on appeal that the bankruptcy court exceeded any power it had to reimpose the stay and award possession of the leased premises to the debtor. For the following reasons, we agree and therefore remand this case to the district court with instructions to vacate the bankruptcy court’s order reinstating the automatic stay and awarding…