IBM Lender Business Process Services, Inc. v. Sloane

Filing 13

ORDER that the Order Terminating Automatic Stay is REVERSED to the extent that it requires IBM to rescind any existing Notice of Default as against the subject property and cause a new Notice of Default to be recorded. The Court REMANDS the case to the Bankruptcy Court and instructs the Bankruptcy Court to grant IBM unconditional relief from the automatic stay re 1 Bankruptcy Appeal. Signed by Judge Roger L. Hunt on 12/29/11. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ECS)

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