In Re: Stella Siomkos

Filing 16

ORDER: Appellee is directed to respond, in a letter not to exceed three pages, by March 17, 2025. In its letter, Appellee shall state its position on whether any of Appellant's additional requests are properly before this Court at this stage of proceedings. Appellant may submit a reply, not to exceed one page, by March 24, 2025. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Dale E. Ho on 3/10/2025) ( Appellant Reply Brief due by 3/24/2025., Appellee Brief due by 3/17/2025.) (ks)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
STELLA SIOMKOS,
Appellant,
v.

24-CV-8361 (DEH)

TRINITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

ORDER

Appellee.

DALE E. HO, United States District Judge:
On March 3, 2025, the Court denied Appellant Stella Siomkos’s emergency motion for a
stay of bankruptcy proceedings pending appeal. 1 On March 3, 2025, Appellant filed a letter
styled as a “Reply to Trustee’s Response, Motion to Remand to State Court, and Urgent Request
for Relief.” 2 On March 4, 2025, Appellant filed a letter styled as a “Response to Defendants’
February 28, 2025, Filing and Objection to their Request to Deny Relief.” 3
To the extent that Appellant’s letters present additional arguments in support of her
emergency motion for a stay of bankruptcy proceedings, the Court has reviewed the submissions
and concluded that nothing therein changes the conclusions it reached in its prior Order. 4 In
particular, because Appellant does not identify any order of the Bankruptcy Court setting a
specific date on which Appellant will be removed from her home, Appellant has not shown
actual and imminent irreparable harm.

1

See ECF No. 13.

2

See ECF No. 14.

3

See ECF No. 15.

4

See Order of March 3, 2025 at 2-3, ECF No. 13.

To the extent that Appellant’s March 3, 2025 letter presents requests for new forms of
relief, 5 Appellee is directed to respond, in a letter not to exceed three pages, by March 17, 2025.
In its letter, Appellee shall state its position on whether any of Appellant’s additional requests are
properly before this Court at this stage of proceedings. Appellant may submit a reply, not to
exceed one page, by March 24, 2025.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 10, 2025
New York, New York

DALE E. HO
United States District Judge

5

See, e.g., ECF No. 14 at 3 (requesting that this Court “remand . . . to [s]tate [c]ourt,
“[v]oid the [alleged] predatory loan,” “[d]ismiss [the] bankruptcy case entirely,” and
“[i]nvestigate [alleged] coordinated misconduct”).
2