however, the property was valued at between $8.3 and $13.3 million as of April 28, 2008, and at $9,160,000 as of Januaiy 19, 2010.- (Compl. ¶ 196.) 3 .A March 2010 transfer of security deed purported to transfer the Top Flight Loan from Gerova to Net Five at Hallandate, LLC. (First Am. Compl. ¶ 334.) 4 . On August 24, 2012, Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. and Gerova Holdings Ltd. filed for Chapter IS bankruptcy. See In re Gerova Financial Group, Ltd., No. 12-13641 (MEW); In re Gerova Holdings Ltd., 12-13642 (MEW). 5 . The Bankruptcy Court explained that it was only deciding whether the foreclosure sale against the property was either an action "against a debtor” or an action "against the debtor’s property” such that it was barred by the au 015 WL 5093097, at *2 (E.D.N.Y. Aug. 28, 2015) (<HOLDING>). 8 . (See, e.g., Oral Arg. Tr,, at 30:1-5)
holding that the denial of a motion to find a violation of the automatic stay was a final order holding judgment in violation of automatic stay void holding that the automatic stay did not bar the filing of a proof of claim where the debtor actively litigated a separate action during the pending bankruptcy proceeding because to permit the automatic stay provision to be used as a trump card played after an unfavorable result was reached  would be inconsistent with the underlying purpose of the automatic stay holding that the irss violation of the automatic stay although not justifiable was harmless holding that bankruptcy court order that a stay applied to a particular party was a final order and noting that bankruptcy court orders lifting or denying relief from an automatic stay are final for purposes of appeal