Michael Joseph Sindram

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
In re
MICHAEL JOSEPH SINDRAM,
Debtor.
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Case No. 08-00559
(Chapter 7)
Not for Publication in
West’s Bankruptcy Reporter
MEMORANDUM DECISION RE RENEWED
MOTION FOR APPROPRIATE RELIEF AND SANCTIONS AGAINST PEPCO
This addresses the Renewed Motion for Appropriate Relief and
Sanctions Against PEPCO (Docket Entry (“DE”) No. 58). 	Stripped
of irrelevant allegations, the motion’s only relevant allegation
is that on October 31, 2008, after receiving notice of this
bankruptcy case, the Potomac Electric Power Company (“PEPCO”)
delivered to the debtor a demand for payment in violation of 11
U.S.C. § 362(a). 	By an order entered on January 7, 2009 (DE No.
73), I directed the debtor to file a supplement to the motion
that (1) identifies the debt allegedly sought to be collected by
PEPCO and the date on which that debt was incurred, and (2)
attaches a copy of the demand if the demand was made in writing.
The debtor has now supplemented his motion (DE No. 81), attaching
The decision below is signed as a decision of
the court.
Signed: January 27, 2009.
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S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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the demands he received. 	All of these are bills for electric
service for periods that commenced on or after September 29,
2008. 	The debtor commenced his case as a chapter 13 case on
August 19, 2008, and converted his case to one under chapter 7 on
September 22, 2008. 	Accordingly, all of the bills are for
services rendered postpetition and post-conversion. 	The
automatic stay of 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) does not bar acts, as here,
to collect debts that arose after the commencement of the case.
Accordingly, the debtor’s motion must be denied. 	An order
follows.
[Signed and dated above.]
Copies to:
Office of U.S. Trustee
Debtor
Jack E. Strausman, Esq.
Pepco Holdings, Inc.
701 Ninth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20068
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