In Re the Southern Institute for Treatment & Evaluation, Inc.

ORDER DENYING DEBTOR’S MOTION TO HOLD MEDICARE IN CONTEMPT FOR VIOLATION OF THE AUTOMATIC STAY AND FOR IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS

PAUL HYMAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

THIS CAUSE came before the Court for a hearing on November 18, 1997 upon Southern Institute for Treatment and Evaluation, Inc.’s (the “Debtor”) Motion to Hold Medicare in Contempt for Violation of the Automatic Stay and for Imposition of Sanctions (the “Motion”) and the Response of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). The central issue before the Court is whether HHS’s withholding of the Debt- or’s post-petition…