Opinion
24-45471
06-07-2024
In re: OMARA DEWITT JACKSON, pro se, Debtor.
Chapter 7
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
THOMAS J. TUCKER UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY JUDGE
The Debtor in this case, Omara Dewitt Jackson, filed this Chapter 7 case on May 31, 2024. The Court concludes that this case must be dismissed, however, because the Debtor has a prior-filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy case (Case No. 24-45343) that was filed on May 30, 2024, which is still open and pending in this Court.
The Court will dismiss this case, because as a general rule, which the Court finds applicable here, a debtor may not have two bankruptcy cases pending at the same time. See In re Robinson, 649 B.R. 851, 851 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2023) (citations omitted); In re Wood, 649 B.R. 27, 29 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2023) (citations omitted); In re Munroe, 568 B.R. 631, 633-34 (Bankr. 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.
IT IS ORDERED that this case is dismissed.