Howard v. Washington Hospital Center (In Re Howard)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

PAUL MANNES, Bankruptcy Judge.

Alma Jean Howard, plaintiff, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. On April 7, 1983, she filed the instant Complaint to Set Aside Lien as Voidable Preference against the Washington Hospital Center (“Center”). Defendant responded with a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted.

Plaintiff seeks to avoid the hospital lien granted the Center under District of Columbia law for services rendered by it to her from October 3, 1981,…