Gradco Corp v. Blankenship (In Re Blankenship)

Memorandum Opinion on the Debtor’s Motion for a Stay or Abstention

BENJAMIN COHEN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The matter before the Court is the Motion to Abstain and Stay Action filed by the defendant on February 11, 2009 (A.P. Proceeding No. 19). After notice, a hearing was held on March 25, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Mr. Ted Stuckenschneider, the attorney for the defendant, and Ms. Kimberly B. Glass, the attorney for the plaintiff, appeared. The matter was submitted on the pleadings, the defendant’s motion, the plaintiffs response to that motion, the arguments of counsel, the record in this adversary…