Kennedy v. Client Services, Inc.

Wee hh 93 a ne teneed a PHET 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 || EDGAR KENNEDY, Case No.: 3:19-cv-1274-BEN-AGS Plaintit, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S jv. MOTION TO STAY 12 || CLIENT SERVICES, INC., [Doc. 9] Defendant. 14 Plaintiff Edgar Kennedy moves under 11 U.S.C. § 362 to stay proceedings in this Debt Collection Practices Act matter because of his Chapter bankruptcy filing. ||Under § 362(a), subject to limited exceptions, the filing of a petition for bankruptcy 18 || automatically stays various acts and proceedings against a debtor and against the property 19 || of the estate. Here, however, the action is not against the debtor or the estate because it is 20 || Plaintiff who has filed for bankruptcy. See In re Merrick, 175 B.R. 333…