Opinion
22-42370
03-29-2022
In re: ZSHAWNTINIQUE CIERRA EVANS, Debtor.
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
Thomas J. Tucker, Judge.
At 11:34 a.m. on March 28, 2022, the Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7, commencing Case No. 22-42368. Four minutes later, at 11:38 a.m. that same day, the Debtor filed another voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 in this Court, commencing this case. The Court assumes that the second filing was merely an unintended error by the Debtor's attorney. Both bankruptcy cases remain pending.
As a general rule, a debtor may not have two bankruptcy cases pending at the same time. See In re Munroe, 568 B.R. 631, 633-34 (Bank. E.D. Mich. 2017) (citing In re Sidebottom, 430 F.3d 893, 897-99 (7th Cir. 2005) and In re Lord, 295 B.R. 16, 17-21 (Bankr. E.D.N.Y. 2003)) ("[T]he majority rule, which this Court agrees with, is that a debtor may not have two bankruptcy cases pending at the same time."). For this reason, the Court will dismiss this case, which is the second-filed of the two cases.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that this bankruptcy case is dismissed.