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Not for Publication in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 AND ORDER RE
DEBTOR'S MOTION FOR EXPEDITED HEARING
AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF FOR VIOLATIONS OF AUTOMATIC STAY
BY SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND FOR RELATED RELIEF
The Debtor's Motion for Expedited Hearing and Injunctive
Relief for Violations of Automatic Stay by Superior Court
District of Columbia and for Related Relief (“Motion”) (Dkt. No.
236) fails to state what acts the Superior Court took that
allegedly violated the automatic stay, and thus the Motion will
be dismissed without prejudice to pursuing relief by specifying
the specific acts claimed by the debtor to have violated the
automatic stay.
The Motion is also procedurally defective to the extent it
seeks any relief other than by way of a contempt motion. 	To the
extent that the debtor seeks contempt damages, either of a
compensatory or coercive nature, a motion suffices. 	Fed. R.
The document below is hereby signed.
Signed: September 09, 2009.
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S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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Bankr. P. 9020. 	To the extent that he seeks other damages or an
injunction, an adversary proceeding complaint must be filed.
Fed. R. Bankr. P. 7001.
It is thus
ORDERED that the debtor’s Motion is DISMISSED without
prejudice.
[Signed and dated above.]
Copies to: Debtor; Chapter 7 trustee; Office of the United States
Trustee;
Hon. Stephanie Duncan-Peters
Superior Court for the District of Columbia
500 Indiana Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
George R. Pitts
Katherine Thomas
Dickstein Shapiro, LLP
1825 Eye Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Craig A. Parker, Esq.
110 N. Washington St.
Ste. 500
Rockville, MD 20850
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