Reed v. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC

Opinion

4] Vicki Renee Reed, Case No. 2:23-cv-00836-CDS-EJY 5 Plaintiff Order Staying and Administratively Closing Case 6 V. 7 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC, 8 Defendant 9 10 On April 12, 2024, defendant 99 Cents Only Stores, LLC filed a notice indicating that it filed a voluntary petition for relief in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of 12 Delaware under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code. ECF No. 22. “The automatic stay 13] is self-executing, effective upon the filing of the bankruptcy petition.” Burton v. Infinity Capital Memt., 862 F.3d 740, 746 (9th Cir. 2017) (citing 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)). “It applies to almost any type 15] of formal or informal action against the debtor or property of the estate.” Id. at 746-47 16 (quotation omitted). When chapter 11 relief is sought, the automatic stay of judicial actions against the bankrupt party expires at “the time [that] a discharge is granted or denied.” 11 U.S.C. S 362(c)(2)(A)-(C). 19 It is therefore ordered that this action is STAYED pending resolution of 99 Cents Only 20] Stores, LLC’s bankruptcy proceedings. The Clerk of Court is instructed to administratively close this case, to be reopened after the conclusion of the bankruptcy proceedings upon written 22} request and application of the parties and order of this court. 23 Dated: April 16, 2024 /, / 24 ye — 25 Cristi ap. Silva 46 United tates District Judge