Legal Opinion
In Re Henderson
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Alabama
Decided May 6, 1996No. 15-04069PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAMES S. SLEDGE, Bankruptcy Judge.
This case presents an issue not decided in any reported decision of which this Court is aware — whether a bankruptcy court may sua sponte transfer a case which was filed in the wrong district. This matter came before the court on March 26,1996, for a hearing on the Court’s “rule to show cause,” entered March 12, 1996. The order required the debtors and the debtors’ attorney to appear before the court and “show good cause why this case should not be dismissed out of Court or transferred for improper venue.” Debtor Wendi Henderson appeared at…
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