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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Property Damage

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

JONESBORO DIVISION 

LESLIE D. COFFEY 

v. No. 3:16-cv-222-DPM 

CNR HOLDINGS LLC, 

PLAINTIFF 

WILLIAM HANK RANDOLPH, and 

TRENT C. GAINES DEFENDANTS 

ORDER 

In early August 2013, Leslie Coffey filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy 

petition in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of 

Arkansas. Case No. 3:13-bk-14405. The petition was dismissed a month later. 

NQ 17 in No. 3:13-bk-14405. But other papers were filed in the case, including 

an adversary proceeding alleging that two days after the Chapter 13 petition 

was filed the defendants had some of Coffey's antiques and other things 

removed from the family home and set out in the rain. N2 20 in No. 3:13-bk14405; No. 3:13-ap-1135. Coffey recently filed a complaint in this Court 

alleging that those same actions violated the automatic stay. He seeks 

$2,500,000. He served the defendants, and obtained a Clerk's default because 

they never answered. Coffey also seeks a default judgment, Ng 5, which this 

Court, not the Clerk, must address. FED. R. CIV. P. 55(b)(2). 

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There's a subject matter jurisdiction problem. The Bankruptcy Court 

has jurisdiction over this case. 28U.S.C.§157; LOCAL RULE 83.1. And though 

the bankruptcy case was closed in December 2013, papers were still being 

filed in the adversary proceeding as recently as July of this year. NQ 34 in No. 

3:13-ap-01135. It's true the defendants didn't answer the complaint here, but 

they didn't have to: This isn't the correct Court to address the alleged 

violation of the automatic stay. That's a matter for the Bankruptcy Court. 

The Clerk's default, NQ 7, is vacated. Coffey's complaint will be dismissed 

without prejudice. 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr.(/ 

United States District Judge 

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