Ames v. Zimmerman (In re Ames)

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS OR TO COMPEL ARBITRATION

Melvin S. Hoffman, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

This matter arises from a motion to dismiss or in the alternative to compel arbitration filed by Craig N. Zimmerman, *868the defendant in this adversary proceeding. Mr. Zimmerman believes that the proceeding commenced by the debtor in the main case, Kenneth Ames, should be dismissed for, among other reasons, the failure of Mr. Ames’s complaint to state a claim and the court’s lack of personal jurisdiction over Mr. Zimmerman. Alternatively, Mr. Zimmerman requests that Mr. Ames be…