Legal Opinion
In Re Bernstein
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 20, 2000No. 00-01372PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED DECISION AND ORDER RE MOTION FOR EXPEDITED HEARING OF MOTION FOR CONTEMPT FOR VIOLATION OF AUTOMATIC STAY
S. MARTIN TEEL, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.
The court declines to hear the Motion for Contempt for Violation of the Automatic Stay (Docket Entry No. 5) on an emergency basis. The contempt motion is directed to continued retention of property pursuant to a prepetition writ of fieri faci-as, conduct which the debtor asserts vio lates 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(3). 1 Because the continued retention of the property pursuant to a prepetition seizure does not violate § 362(a)(3), the court will deny…
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