Ratmansky v. Gordon (In Re Ratmansky)

OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Bankruptcy Judge:

In this case we must decide whether the transfer of a judgment from a federal court to a state court which has the effect of creating a lien upon the debtor’s real property violates the automatic stay provision of Bankruptcy Rule 13-401. We hold that it does.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. 1 On January 16,1978, the defendant, Bernice Gordon, obtained a judgment against the debtor in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. On September 19, 1978, the debtor filed a petition under Chapter XIII of the…