Aurora v. Sheely

Filing 51

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE directing parties to show cause within seven (7) days of this order as to why this matter stay should not be lifted; why Plaintiff's motion for judgment 43 should not be replaced on this Court's motion calendar or why this case should not be closed. Signed by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (PM) cc: Patrick Sheely and Thomas Neeleman via U.S. Mail

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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“AURORA”,

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Case No. C16-1358RSM
Plaintiff,

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v.

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

PATRICK ALLEN SHEELY,

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Defendant.

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On June 22, 2017, Plaintiff informed the Court that it had received notice of Chapter 7

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bankruptcy proceedings involving Defendant.1 Dkt. #46. Thus, it appeared that the matter was

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subject to an automatic bankruptcy stay. As a result, the Court ordered that the case be stayed,

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and directed the parties to promptly notify the Court when the bankruptcy proceedings had

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concluded and/or if the status of the automatic stay changed for other reasons. Dkt. #48. The

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Court also removed Plaintiff’s pending motion for judgment (Dkt. #43) from the Court’s motion

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calendar. Id.

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There has been no further communication from the parties in this matter for nearly one
year. However, the Court is now aware that Defendant’s bankruptcy proceedings concluded in

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September of 2017, and it appears that his bankruptcy action was closed in October of 2017. See
In re Sheely, Bankruptcy Case No. 17-12590-MLB.

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Defendant himself had not provided notice to this Court of the bankruptcy proceedings.

ORDER
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Accordingly, the parties SHALL SHOW CAUSE no later than seven (7) days from the
date of this Order:

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1. Why the stay in this matter should not be lifted; and

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2. Why Plaintiff’s motion for judgment (Dkt. #43) should not be replaced on this Court’s

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motion calendar or why this case should not be closed.
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3. The Clerk SHALL forward a copy of this Order via U.S. Mail to Defendant at the
following address:

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Patrick Allen Sheely
21105 21st West
Lynnwood, WA 98036

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and to Defendant’s bankruptcy counsel:
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Thomas D. Neeleman
Attorney At Law
1904 Wetmore Ave., Suite 200
Everett, WA 98201

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DATED this 29 day of May, 2018.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER
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