Skandalakis v. Geeslin

ORDER

LAND, District Judge.

This bankruptcy appeal arises from the bankruptcy court’s ruling that Appellant, the District Attorney for the Coweta Judicial Circuit and an officer of the State of Georgia, wilfully violated an automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) and a discharge injunction under 11 U.S.C. § 524(a)(2). 1 The Court finds that as a state officer Appellant is entitled to immunity pursuant to the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. Therefore, the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction to find Appellant in contempt under the provisions of the federal bankruptcy…