District Court, E.D. Wisconsin June 11, 2002, 2:01-cv-00944 (Peltz v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development)

DECISION AND ORDER

RANDA, District Judge.

This bankruptcy appeal asks the Court to decide the proper interplay between two provisions of the Bankruptcy Code: 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)(4), the “automatic stay provision,” which provides that once a bankruptcy petition is filed “any act to create, perfect, or enforce any lien against property of the estate” is void, and 11 U.S.C.