On August 25th we evicted a tenant. The court stayed the writ (a court order for the Sheriff to remove the tenant) until August 28th. On September 6th we turn the eviction into the Sheriff, who performs the move on September 14th.
The day following the move we receive notice that the tenant has filed bankruptcy on the 7th – the day after we turned in the writ. This was followed the next day by a notice that she is demanding a hearing in Federal Court, seeking sanctions against us alleging we violated the automatic stay granted by bankruptcy by not stopping the move.
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