CALIFORNIA
The Record
By Kevin Parrish
Record Staff Writer
January 27, 2014
STOCKTON – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Klein, no stranger to Stockton City Hall finances, is about to get familiar with the Catholic Diocese of Stockton.
Klein, already the city’s bankruptcy judge, also is handling the Jan. 15 bankruptcy filing by the diocese.
Klein indicated last week in Sacramento that the case’s first substantive hearing will be held in early February.
Last week, he held a hearing on several perfunctory motions that will allow the diocese to meet its payroll and keep its lights turned on.
Almost a dozen attorneys – representing sex-abuse victims, insurance companies and various Catholic organizations – were inside the federal courtroom for the hearing.
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