Case ID: br_78/html/0383-01.html
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Author: {"author": "ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In re R.J. MARSHALL, INC., Debtor.
    Bankruptcy No. 8500156.
    United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island.
    Sept. 30, 1987.
   ORDER

ARTHUR N. VOTOLATO, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Heard on the trustee’s motion to compel the debtor-in-possession to file its Chapter 11 report.

The trustee’s motion was granted on April 30, 1987, and the debtor-in-possession was ordered to file its Chapter 11 report forthwith. Having been historically uncooperative throughout the pendency of this case, through its principal Robert J. Marshall, the debtor-in-possession was warned that sanctions would be appropriate if it failed to file the Chapter 11 report, as ordered. Predictably, the debtor-in-possession failed to comply with that order, and it has not made any showing that it has attempted to comply with the April 30 order. Therefore, since the debtor-in-possession has, without reason or explanation, ignored said order, sanctions of $1,000 are imposed against Robert J. Marshall, president of the debtor-in-possession. See Gibbons v. Haddad (In re Haddad), 68 B.R. 944 (Bankr.D.Mass.1987) (bankruptcy court may exercise civil contempt powers under 11 U.S.C. § 105 in order to enforce its orders in core proceedings). Additional sanctions of $100 per day will be imposed for each day until the report is filed.