tic stay protects debtors from harassment, ensures the distribution of assets in an orderly fashion to protect the interests of creditors as a whole, and prevents creditors from taking action except through the bankruptcy court); Lighthouse Bluffs Corp. v. Atreus Enters., Ltd. (In re Atreus Enters., Ltd.) , 120 B.R. 341, 346 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 1990) ("The automatic stay is intended as an umbrella to protect a debtor temporarily from the shower of law suits and collection efforts by creditors outside the bankruptcy court administering the debtor's case in order to afford the debtor a breathing spell for the purpose of concentrating on the financial, rehabilitative and distributive procedures applicable in the bankruptcy court where the debtor's case is pending.") (citing H.R.Rep. No. 595, 95th Cong., 1st Sess. 174-175 (1977); S. Rep. No. 989, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 49-50 (1978), U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News 1978, 5787, 5963, 6134-6136, 5835-5836). See alsoPhoenix Surgicals, LLC v. Victor (In re Victor) , No. 16-31426-AMN, 2018 WL 506603, at *4 and *5 (Bankr. D. Conn. Jan. 22, 2018) (same); Cowin v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (In re Cowin) , 538 B.R. 721, 733 (S.D. Tex. 2015), aff'd sub nom. , Matter of Cowin , 864 F.3d 344 (5th Cir. 2017) ("The purpose of the automatic stay is to provide the debtor with ‘breathing room’ and to ensure the equitable distribution of assets to the creditors."); Sharf v. BC Liquidating, LLC , No. 14-CV-7320-JMA, 2015 WL 5093097, at *4 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 28, 2015) (to the same effect).
S.D.N.Y 1990) (citing H.R.Rep. No. 595, 95th Cong. 1st Sess. 174-175 (1977); S.Rep. No. 989, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 49-50 (1978), U.S.Code Cong. & Admin. News 1978, 5787, 5963, 6134-6136, 5835-5836). See alsoPhoenix Surgicals, LLC v. Victor (In re Victor) , No. 16-31426-AMN, 2018 WL 506603, at *4 and *5 (Bankr. D. Conn. Jan. 22, 2018) (same); Cowin v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. (In re Cowin) , 538 B.R. 721, 733 (S.D. Tex. 2015), aff'd sub nom. , Matter of Cowin , 864 F.3d 344 (5th Cir. 2017) ("The purpose of the automatic stay is to provide the debtor with ‘breathing room’ and to ensure the equitable distribution of assets to creditors."). A literal, overbroad application of the automatic stay to matters raised before the bankruptcy court where the Debtor's bankruptcy case is pending would not serve these purposes underlying the automatic stay, would be illogical, and would lead to absurd results demonstrably at odds with the intentions of its drafters.