Bowen v. Pioneer Drilling Services, LTD et al

Filing 32

ORDER STAYING CASE and cancelling scheduling conference set for 5/4/2020. By Magistrate Judge Clare R. Hochhalter. (BG)

Case 1:19-cv-00074-DLH-CRH Document 32 Filed 04/21/20 Page 1 of 1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Mark Bowen,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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Pioneer Drilling Services, LTD, and )
Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation, )
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Defendants.
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ORDER

Case No. 1:19-cv-074

On April 8, 2020 Defendant Whiting Oil and Gas Corporation ("Whiting") filed a
"Suggestion of Bankruptcy . . . and Notice of Automatic Stay of Proceedings." (Doc. No. 30). On
April 17, 2020, Defendant Pioneer Drilling Services, LTD ("Pioneer") filed a "Notice of Suggestion
of Bankruptcy and Automatic Stay." (Doc. No. 31).
Title Eleven of the United Sates Code, Section 362(a)(1) provides that, upon the filing of a
bankruptcy petition, all judicial and other proceedings are stayed. See 11 U.S.C.§ 362(a)(1); see also
Missouri v. U.S. Bankruptcy Court for E.D. of Arkansas, 647 F.2d 768, 775 (8th Cir. 1981). Whiting
and Pioneer have filed for Chapter 11 relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of Texas. Consequently, this matter is STAYED pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) pending
resolution of the bankruptcy cases in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District
of Texas. The scheduling conference set for May 4, 2020, is CANCELLED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 21st day of April, 2020.
/s/ Clare R. Hochhalter
Clare R. Hochhalter, Magistrate Judge
United States District Court