Paxton

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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7 PAXTON, et al. Case No. 20-cv-01655-PJH 8 Appellants,

9 v. ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY

10 QUINLAN, et al. Re: Dkt. No. 6 11 Appellees. 12

13 14 Before the court is appellants John and Elizabeth Paxton’s (“appellants”) motion to 15 stay bankruptcy proceedings. The matter is fully briefed and suitable for decision without 16 oral argument. Having read the parties’ papers and carefully considered their arguments 17 and the relevant legal authority, and good cause appearing, the court hereby DENIES 18 appellants’ motion for the following reasons. 19 BACKGROUND 20 The underlying bankruptcy action began in October 2012 when appellants filed a 21 Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition.1 Their landlord at the time and one of the appellees in 22 this appeal, Quinlan,2 was not named on appellees’ bankruptcy schedules or matrix of 23 creditors and therefore did not receive notice of appellants’ bankruptcy case or the 24 automatic stay…