GRABER, Circuit Judge.
The main question in this case is whether a debtor may recover damages for emotional distress under 11 U.S.C. § 362(h) when a creditor violates the automatic stay that follows from the filing of a bankruptcy petition. Analogizing to Ninth Circuit cases that interpret the phrase "actual damages" in other federal statutes, and joining the Seventh Circuit, we answer that question "no."
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