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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA In re PARKER ELECTRIC, INC.,                                                   No. 95-12959        Debtor. ___________________________/ PARKER ELECTRIC, INC.,        Plaintiff,      v.                                                                                           A.P. No. 96-1037 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,        Defendants. ______________________________/ Memorandum of Decision      Parker Electric, Inc., is a Chapter 11 debtor in possession. It is a subcontractor on a jail improvement project in Del Norte County, California. The general contractor is Mark Diversified, Inc.      The general contract between Diversified and the county requires Diversified and its subcontractors to pay prevailing union wages to their employees. Parker allegedly does not pay such wages. Accordingly, after Parker filed its Chapter 11 petition and allegedly with knowledge of the filing the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards issued a Notice of Penalty Assessment and a Notice to Withhold to Del Norte County. The notice directed the County to Withhold payments due to Diversified on account of penalties assessed for failure of Parker to pay union wages. Parker was expressly named in the notice and served by the State.      By this adversary proceeding, Parker seeks injunctive relief and damages for violation of the automatic stay. Now before the court is its request for temporary injunctive relief against the State and Diversified.      The State has violated the automatic stay by issuing its notices. Even if the notices were directed only against the County or Diversified, an action against a third party which has a direct and foreseeable adverse effect on a debtor is a violation of the automatic stay. In re 48th Street Steakhouse, Inc., 835 F.2d 427 (2nd Cir.1987). Since Parker was named in the notices and served, the violation is even clearer. There is no requirment in 11 U.S.C section 362(a)(1) that the subject of any administrative or judicial action be property of the estate. The Notice of Penalty Assessment and the Notice to Withhold are accordingly void. In re Schwartz, 954 F.2d 569 (9th Cir.1992).      The court suspects, without so holding, that upon request the court will allow the State to issue a valid Notice to Withhold; Parker probably has no enforceable right to the withheld funds. See In re Pacific Marine Dredging and Const., 79 B.R. 924 (Bkrtcy. D.Ore.1987). The court may well allow Diversified to set off its penalties against sums it owes Parker if it incurred the penalties as a result of Parker's breach of contract. However, these issues are not now before the court. The State and Diversified both have a simple, speedy method of obtaining relief from the broad sweep of the automatic stay. They are not free to employ self-help and post hoc justification. In re Computer Communications, Inc., 824 F.2d 725, 731 (9th Cir. 1987).      For the foregoing reasons, the court will issue a preliminary injunction barring the State from enforcing its void notices and prohibiting it from issuing new ones without obtaining relief from the automatic stay. Diversified will be enjoined from setoff without obtaining relief from the stay.      Counsel for Parker shall submit an appropriate form of injunction.
Dated: March 11, 1996                                       _______________________                                                                                Alan Jaroslovsky                                                                                U.S. Bankruptcy