a plaintiff who becomes a bankruptcy debtor is an "action or proceeding against the debtor" within the meaning of Sec. 362(a) (1), notwithstanding the fact that the plaintiff initiated the lawsuit. Accordingly, we conclude that Koolik's bankruptcy petition automatically operated to stay the cont...
" 'Because the [Pioneer ] Court's analysis of what constitutes "excusable neglect" in the bankruptcy context rested on the plain meaning of the terms, there is no reason that the meaning would be different in the context of Fed. R. App. P. 4(a) (5).' " Reynolds v. Wagner, 55 ...
Thomas served as the initiating loan officer for a $300,000 "lease loan" to EKBA. His actions in causing the Bank to make this loan form the basis for his two counts of conviction.