Elbar Investment Inc. v. Pierce

PER CURIAM.*

Appellant Elbar Investments, Inc. appeals the district court’s decision affirming the bankruptcy court’s judgment, which found, inter alia, that Elbar did not acquire any interest in the real property *928purportedly auctioned at a constable’s tax sale because the sale violated the automatic stay provision of 11 U.S.C. § 362. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1998 and 1999, Debtor-Appellee Stephanie Pierce failed to pay the property taxes assessed against her homestead. On March 10, 2000, the local taxing authorities obtained a default…