San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters Local 891 v. City of San Bernardino (In re City of San Bernardino)

*492 OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Appellant San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters Local 891 (the “Union”) appeals the “Order Denying Motion of San Bernardino City Professional Firefighters For Relief From the Automatic Stay” entered by the United State Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California, Riverside Division, on November 13, 2014. San Bernardino City Prof'l Firefighters Local 891 v. San Bernardino (In re City of San Bernardino), 499 B.R. 776 (Bankr.C.D.Cal.2014) (the “Stay Order”). The Stay Order denied the Union’s request for relief from the automatic stay in the underlying chapter 9 bankruptcy of Appellee City of San Bernardino (the “City”). The Union sought relief from the stay to litigate the City’s post-petition conduct in state court. For the reasons discussed below, the Court AFFIRMS the Bankruptcy Court’s order in full.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On August 1, 2012, the City filed a voluntary petition under 'chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code. (AER 1-8.) 1 At that time, the City was in a financial crisis with an estimated budget deficit of $45.8 million. (SER 351-53, 99, 1642.) The City’s insolvency is detailed in the Bankruptcy Court’s…