IN RE OCASIO

BAP No. 01-002. Bankruptcy No. 98-03122(GAC).

272 B.R. 815 (2002)

In re Carlos Quinones OCASIO. Freddy Varela, Appellant, v. Carlos Quinones Ocasio, Appellee.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit.

February 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anibal Medina Rios, Bayamon, P.R., on brief, for Appellant.

Juan M. Suarez Cobo, San Juan, P.R., on brief, for Appellee.

FEENEY, VAUGHN and KORNREICH, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judges.


PER CURIAM.

INTRODUCTION

Freddy Varela ("Varela") appeals the decision of the bankruptcy court awarding the Debtor, Carlos Quinones Ocasio (the "Debtor"), actual and punitive damages totaling $10,000, plus attorney's fees and costs, for willfully violating the automatic stay. The principal issues presented are whether the bankruptcy court's finding that Varela willfully violated the automatic stay when he threatened to collect a debt through...

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