In Re Barkal

ORDER DENYING STATE COURT RECEIVER’S REQUEST FOR CRIMINAL REFERRAL, PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 8057(a) [“REQUEST”]

J. PHILIP klingeberger; Bankruptcy Judge.

The Request was filed on October 24, 2008 by Martin Goldberg, a Receiver appointed in California state court proceedings regarding a judgment obtained by Anna May Webb against the debtor Paul Kevin Barkal. The Request was accompanied by a Declaration of Martin Goldberg also filed on October 24, 2008, the production of which unnecessarily involved the sacrifice of woody flora of this planet.

Simply stated, the Request seeks to invoke 18 U.S.C. §…