Bank of America, N.A. v. W.E. Davis & Sons Construction Co., Inc. et al

Filing 37

ORDER re: 36 Suggestion of Bankruptcy by Dft Donald Davis. This action is STAYED, & the Clerk is directed to place this matter on the court's administrative docket. The parties are to notify the court within 30 days of the resolution of the bankruptcy proceedings, or of a lift of the stay, at which time this action will be reinstated to the court's active docket. Signed by Judge Callie V. S. Granade on 4/4/2012. (tot)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., f/k/a
Merrill Lynch Business Financial
Services, Inc.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
W.E. DAVIS & SONS
CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.,
WILLIAM E. DAVIS, and
DONALD DAVIS,
Defendants.

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ORDER

This cause is before the court on the Suggestion of Bankruptcy filed by
defendant Donald Davis (Doc.36), in which the defendant advises that he filed his
Chapter 13 Petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of Alabama, Southern Division, Case No. 12-1168, on April 2, 2012.
Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362, the filing of a bankruptcy petition operates as a
stay of an action. Accordingly, this action is STAYED, and the clerk of court is
directed to place this matter on the court’s administrative docket.1

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Defendants W. E. Davis and Sons Construction Co., Inc. and William Davis were dismissed without
prejudice by order dated June 20, 2011 (Doc. 12).

The parties shall notify the court within thirty (30) days of the resolution of
the bankruptcy proceedings, or of a lift of the stay, at which time this action will be
re-instated to the court’s active docket.
DONE and ORDERED this 4th day of April, 2012.
/s/ Callie V. S. Granade
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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