Baren v. Devon Bank (In Re Baren)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN D. SCHWARTZ, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon remand of the above entitled proceedings by District Judge Milton I. Shadur. A motion to abstain was brought before Judge Shadur by the Devon Bank, one of the named Defendants. In remanding the matter to this Court, Judge Shadur entered an Order “requiring the Bankruptcy Judge to whom this case is assigned to make an initial determination”. The Honorable Lawrence Fisher was the Bankruptcy Judge initially presiding over this case, however, on'October 15, 1984, he resigned from the bench and…