Court Opinion

ID: 9693112
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:23:01.43419+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:19:40.502731
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KLEIN, Bankruptcy Judge,
concurring and dissenting.
I join the majority with respect to affirming the annulment of the automatic stay and the denial of the stay eviction order.
While I accept in principle that a stay violation can be punished under § 362(h) in appropriate circumstances notwithstanding subsequent annulment of the stay, I construe the trial judge’s decision in this constellation of facts to be an implicit rejection of stay violation damages. Even though the trial judge did not explicitly discuss imposing such a remedy notwithstanding the annulment of the stay, I regard any error as harmless in this instance and would not remand. To that extent, I DISSENT.