Gantt v. First Alabama Bank (In Re Gantt)

ORDER

A. D. KAHN, Bankruptcy Judge.

Defendant has moved the court to stay the instant action, in which Plaintiff seeks to avoid a lien as provided by 11 U.S.C. § 522(f).

Defendant contends that the commencement of a separate action by it as Plaintiff, First Alabama Bank of Montgomery v. Judy L. Gantt, Adv. No. 80-0314A (Bk.Ct.N.D.Ga., filed March 26, 1980), should cause the instant proceeding to be stayed, since the separate action seeks to have the debt secured by the lien at issue herein to be declared non-dischargeable.

In considering Defendant’s motion, the court first takes note of the fact…