Opinion ID: 561002
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Heading: abatement or dismissal of proceedings against bankrupt appellees

Text: 3 On March 4, 1991, defendant-appellee Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. filed a chapter 11 petition in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Under section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, this action is automatically stayed as to Eagle-Picher during the pendency of that bankruptcy. 11 U.S.C. Sec. 362 (1988). Accordingly, we order abatement of all proceedings in this appeal as to defendant-appellee Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc., and orders and judgments of the court in this appeal shall not bind Eagle-Picher. 4 The court previously abated this appeal as to defendants-appellees Celotex Corp. and Forty-Eight Insulation, Inc. We are not stayed, however, from adjudicating Mr. Stafford's claims against the remaining defendants-appellees. Dillon v. Fibreboard Corp., 919 F.2d 1488, 1499 n. 1 (10th Cir.1990). 2 5 Eagle-Picher, Celotex, and Forty-Eight Insulation shall notify this court immediately if their bankruptcy stays are lifted or shall file status reports by May 28, 1991. 6 Defendant Unarco has been discharged in bankruptcy, and an injunction has been issued against any further judgments by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. We therefore order that this action be dismissed as to defendant Unarco.