United States Ninth Circuit

11 U.S.C. section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code imposes an affirmative duty to discontinue post-petition collection actions, and sanctions are appropriate under section 362(h) where a collection agent willfully violated an automatic stay after receiving notice of a bankruptcy petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/10/2002
• Decided 11/07/2002
• Published 11/07/2002

Judges

• Before HUG, JR., BRUNETTI, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry Adler, Concord, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael G. Doan, Carlsbad, CA and Mark L. Miller, San Diego, CA, for the appellee.