In re McClam, No. 11-08714-8-JRL, 2012 WL 526297, at *1 (Bankr. E.D.N.C. Feb. 16, 2012) (Leonard)

Consent order for relief from stay in prior Chapter 13 case does not automatically grant stay relief in subsequent case. “[S]ection 362(d)(4) . . . codifies the circumstances in which relief from the automatic stay in one case will be given effect in a subsequent case. . . . It takes an extreme abuse of the bankruptcy process to prevent the automatic stay from coming into effect in subsequent cases.”

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