Paxton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAXTON, et al. Case No. 20-cv-01655-PJH Appellants,

v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY

QUINLAN, et al. Re: Dkt. No. 6 Appellees.

13 Before the court is appellants John and Elizabeth Paxton’s (“appellants”) motion to stay bankruptcy proceedings. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without oral argument. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby DENIES appellants’ motion for the following reasons. BACKGROUND The underlying bankruptcy action began in October 2012 when appellants filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. Their landlord at the time and one of the appellees in this appeal, Quinlan,2 was not named on appellees’ bankruptcy schedules or matrix of creditors and therefore did not receive notice of appellants’ bankruptcy case or the automatic stay…