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186032P.pdf 07/03/2019 Teresa Edwards v. The City of Ferguson
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 18-6032
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis
[PUBLISHED] [Saladino, Author, with Nail and Sanberg, Bankruptcy Judges]
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. Where debtor owed traffic-related fines and an
arrest warrant had been issued pre-petition, the automatic stay provisions
prevented the City from arresting debtor as a way of attempting to collect
her debt, but the provisions did not required the City to recall or
rescind the warrant; the court would not speculate as to whether failure
to rescind the warrant could result in debtor's arrest in some future
encounter with police; nor is the City required to issue a compliance
letter regarding debtor's driver's license; there is no evidence in the
record as to whether the State, an entity not a party to this matter,
would issue debtor a license without the letter; City prosecutor's
response to debtor's inquiry was not an attempt to collect a debt.