Ferguson et al v. The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation

Filing 5

ORDER STAYING, REFERRING AND ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING entered: This case is administratively closed. The plaintiffs may reinstate this case to the active docket on notice to this court of the discontinuance of the stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(2), provided the notice is filed within 30 days after the bankruptcy stay is discontinued. Case terminated on 3/7/13.(Signed by Judge Lee H Rosenthal) Parties notified.(leddins, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
HOUSTON DIVISION
ROBERT WADE FERGUSON and
WENDY THOMPSON FERGUSON,

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Plaintiffs,
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VS.
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
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CORP.fka THE BANK OF NEW YORK, et al.,§
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Defendants.
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CIVIL ACTION NO. H-13-279

ORDER STAYING, REFERRING, AND ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING
The plaintiff, Robert Wade Ferguson, filed a petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of Texas as Case No. 13-30754 on February 5, 2013. A petition filed
under 11 U.S.C. §§ 301, et seq., operates as a stay of a judicial proceeding against the debtor that
was commenced before the bankruptcy proceeding. 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(1). To the extent this case
involves claims against the debtor, the stay applies. To the extent this case involves claims by the
debtor, or claims by a nondebtor that are linked to those of the debtor, the stay may not apply, but
the claims are referred to the bankruptcy court.
This case is administratively closed. The plaintiffs may reinstate this case to the active
docket on notice to this court of the discontinuance of the stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362(c)(2), provided
the notice is filed within 30 days after the bankruptcy stay is discontinued.
SIGNED on March 7, 2013, at Houston, Texas.
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Lee H. Rosenthal
United States District Judge