Opinion
1:11cv225
04-02-2012
HELEN CLIETTE HOUEY and EMMANUEL HOUEY, Plaintiffs, v. CAROLINA FIRST BANK, TD BANK Defendant.
ORDER
_On March 14, 2012, Defendant filed a Suggestion of Bankruptcy Upon the Record [# 40] indicating that Plaintiffs filed for bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Case Number 12-40142. Accordingly, the Court DIRECTS the parties to Show Cause in writing by April 13, 2012, whether this case is subject to an automatic stay pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362 or whether as an action brought by the debtor, the case may proceed in this forum simultaneously with the bankruptcy proceedings. See generally, Martin-Trigona v. Champion Fed. Sav. and Loan Ass'n, 892 F. 2d 575, 577-78 (7thCir. 1989).
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Dennis L. Howell
United States Magistrate Judge