On May 15, 2019, the court heard Creditor 4Front Advisors LLC's Motion to Dismiss Bankruptcy Petition or, Alternatively, Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay to Allow Receivership and Contempt Proceedings to Continue ("Dismissal Motion"). The appearances of counsel were noted on the record. After arguments were presented, the matter was taken under submission.
BACKGROUND
On April 16, 2019, a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 reorganization ("Petition") was filed by CWNevada LLC ("Debtor"). (ECF No. 1). Attached to the Petition is a "Resolution Authorizing Bankruptcy" that identifies BCP Holding 7, LLC ("BCP Holding") as managing member of the Debtor, and that authorizes BCP Holding to seek Chapter 11 relief for the Debtor. The Petition filed on behalf of the Debtor is signed by Brian C. Padgett ("Padgett") as manager of BCP Holding, and by Michael D. Mazur, as the Debtor's general counsel.
The voluntary Petition is a "skeleton" petition inasmuch as it is not accompanied by a schedule of assets and liabilities ("Schedules"), a statement of financial affairs (SOFA"), or any of the initial information required to obtain bankruptcy relief. Moreover, the Petition is not accompanied by a "creditor matrix" setting forth the names and addresses of the Debtor's creditors. The Petition is accompanied by an unsigned List of Creditors Who Have the 20 Largest Unsecured Claims and Are Not Insiders ("20 List"). (ECF No. 4). Only ten creditors are identified on the 20 List.2
*721On the same day the skeleton Petition and 20 List were filed, a Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case ("Bankruptcy Notice") was issued by the clerk of the court informing creditors that a meeting of creditors would be held on May 16, 2019. (ECF No. 3). Because a creditor matrix was never filed by the Debtor, it appears that the Bankruptcy Notice was served only on the creditors appearing on the 20 List. (ECF No. 12).
On April 17, 2019, an Ex Parte Application for Order Authorizing Rule 2004 Examination ["2004 Exam"] of Brian C. Padgett ("2004 Exam Request") was filed by The CIMA Group, LLC ("CIMA Group"). (ECF No. 8). On April 19, 2019, the clerk of the court signed an order granting the request pursuant to Local Rule 5075(a)(2)(L) because the 2004 Exam Request sought to conduct the examination more than fourteen days later and did not include a request for production of documents ("CIMA 2004 Order"). (ECF No. 10). On the same date, CIMA Group filed a 2004 Exam notice which included a Subpoena for Rule 2004 Examination ("2004 Subpoena") that required the witness to produce various documents. (ECF No. 11).3
On April 23, 2019, 4Front Advisors LLC ("4Front") filed the instant Dismissal Motion seeking dismissal of the Chapter 11 case based on Section 305(a)(1),4 or, Section 1112(b).5 In the alternative, 4Front seeks relief from the automatic stay under *722Section 362(d) to allow it to proceed with collection activities under non-bankruptcy law. Numerous documents are attached to the Dismissal Motion and marked as exhibits "1" through "24." (ECF No. 18). In support of the Dismissal Motion, 4Front filed the declarations of Kris Krane ("Krane Declaration")6 and Cory L. Braddock ("Braddock Declaration").7 (ECF Nos. 20 and 21).8
On April 25, 2019, a combined joinder in the Dismissal Motion was filed on behalf of Highland Partners NV LLC, MI-CW Holdings NV Fund 2 LLC, and MI-CW Holdings LLC (collectively "Highland Partners"), as well as by Green Pastures Fund, LLC Series 1 (CWNevada, LLC), Jakal Investments, LLC, Green Pastures Group, LLC, Jonathan S. Fenn Revocable Trust, and Growth Properties, LLC (collectively "Green Pastures"). (ECF No. 26). In support of that combined joinder ("Highland Joinder"), Highland Partners and Green Pastures filed the declarations of David J. Malley, Esq. ("Malley Declaration"), Christopher R. Miltenberger, Esq. ("Miltenberger Declaration"), and Brandon Kanitz ("Kanitz Declaration"). (ECF Nos. 27, 28, and 29).
On April 26, 2019, a joinder in the Dismissal Motion was filed on behalf of Timothy Smits Van Oyen ("Van Oyen"). (ECF No. 37).
On May 2, 2019, a joinder in the Dismissal Motion was filed on behalf of MC Brands, LLC ("MC Brands"). (ECF No. 47).
On May 7, 2019, a limited joinder in the Dismissal Motion was filed on behalf of The CIMA Group ("CIMA Joinder"), to which is attached copies of three documents marked as exhibits "1" through "3." (ECF No. 50).
On May 7, 2019, Debtor filed an opposition to the Dismissal Motion ("Opposition") to which is attached four documents marked as exhibits "A" through "D." (ECF No. 51). The Opposition is supported by the Declaration of Brian C. Padgett ("Padgett Declaration"). (ECF No. 52). On the same date, Debtor filed oppositions to the Highland Joinder, as well as the joinders filed by Van Oyen and MC Brands. (ECF Nos. 54 and 55).
On May 8, 2019, Debtor filed an opposition to the CIMA Joinder ("Additional Opposition"). (ECF No. 56).
*723On May 8 and May 9, 2019, Debtor filed a request for judicial notice ("RJN") of numerous documents marked as exhibits "A" through "O." (ECF Nos. 57 and 60). Exhibits "A" through "J" apparently consist of copies of the "Register of Actions" or list of docket entries for proceedings of public record pending in State Court, and in this bankruptcy court.9 Exhibits "K" through "O" consist of documents that were not, until now, of public record.10
On May 13, 2019, 4Front filed a reply in support of the Dismissal Motion ("4Front Reply"), to which is attached five documents marked as Exhibits "A" through "E." (ECF No. 68). On the same date, Highland Partners filed a reply in support of the Highland Joinder ("Highland Reply"). (ECF No. 69). On the same date, CIMA Group filed a reply in support of the CIMA Joinder ("CIMA Reply"), to which is attached a single document marked as exhibit "1." (ECF No. 71).11
DISCUSSION
Debtor is in the business of cultivating, producing, and distributing medical and recreational marijuana ("Marijuana Business"). See Padgett Declaration at ¶¶ 4-5. It also is in the business of producing and distributing products that contain cannabidiol ("CBD") which apparently are used, inter alia , to treat epilepsy ("CBD Business"). Id. at ¶ 6. Debtor apparently operates or once operated marijuana cultivation, production, or dispensary facilities at up to five Nevada locations: three in Las Vegas, one in North Las Vegas, and one in Pahrump. See CWNevada Investor Update, February 2016, attached as Exhibit "1" to Dismissal Motion, at pages 13-17; see also Benchmark Insurance Company - Workers Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance, 04/26/2019 to 04/26/2020, attached as Exhibit "N" to RJN and as Exhibit "A" to Opposition. Debtor's health plan coverage apparently encompasses 54 subscribers. See Health Plan of Nevada Bill Statement for May 2019, attached as Exhibit "M" to RJN and as Exhibit "B" to Opposition. Debtor apparently made a payment of $ 81,850 to the Nevada Department of Taxation ("NDOT") on April 23, 2019. See Marijuana Tax Return dated *724March 29, 2019, attached as Exhibit "K" to RJN and as Exhibit "D" to Opposition.12
Debtor's business operations apparently are authorized under Nevada law.13 Debtor's Marijuana Business is prohibited under federal law by provisions of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § 812(c), Schedule I(c)(10) [Marihuana] and Schedule I(c)(17) [Tetrahydrocannibinols].14 Debtor's CBD Business, however, may no longer be prohibited under federal law as a result of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115-334, 132 Stat. 4490.
The Agriculture Improvement Act became effective on December 20, 2018, when the bill was signed into law. The Act amended the term "Marihuana" under the Controlled Substances Act to exclude hemp "as defined under section 1639o of Title 7." See 21 U.S.C. § 802(16)(B). The Act also amended Schedule I(c)(17) of the Controlled Substances Act to exclude from the definition of "Tetrahydrocannabinols" the "tetrahydrocannabinols in hemp (as defined under section 1639o of Title 7)." See 21 U.S.C. § 812(c), Schedule I(c)(17). Under 7 U.S.C. § 1639o(1), the term hemp "means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannibinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis." (Emphasis added.) Because products derived from hemp plants containing restricted concentrations of tetrahydrocannabinols ("THC"), which is the active ingredient in marijuana, are no longer in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") apparently will assume a regulatory role for such products.15
Under these circumstances, the portion of the Debtor's operations devoted to the Marijuana Business appears to be in violation *725of federal law, while the portion devoted to the CBD Business might be excluded from the Controlled Substances Act if the CBD products sold by the Debtor are derived from the type of hemp permitted under federal law. Notwithstanding its operations of these two businesses in accordance with Nevada law, Debtor apparently defaulted on payment of many of its obligations, including the claim of 4Front. Before 4Front's Receivership Application could be heard by the State Court, however, Debtor filed its voluntary Chapter 11 Petition.
No one disputes that the Debtor is a limited liability company formed under Nevada law. A limited liability company is treated as a "corporation" under Section 101(9)(A)(iv), and therefore is a "person" as defined under Section 101(41). See AE Rest. Assocs. LLC v. Giampietro (In re Giampietro), 317 B.R. 841, 844 n.3 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2004).16 Under Section 109(a), a person that resides, has a place of business, or has property in the United States, may be a debtor in bankruptcy. Because the Debtor in this case resides and has a place of business in Nevada, it is eligible under Section 109(a) to file a bankruptcy petition. Additionally, under Section 101(15), a person is included in the term "entity." Under Section 301(a), a voluntary bankruptcy petition commencing a case may be filed by an entity. Because the Debtor is both a person and an entity, it clearly was permitted under Section 301(a) to file its voluntary Chapter 11 Petition.
As a result of filing a bankruptcy petition, the automatic stay arose under Section 362(a), applicable to all entities, barring various acts and actions from being taken or continued against the Debtor or property of the bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) (1 through 8). Property of the bankruptcy estate includes, inter alia , all legal and equitable interests of the Debtor in property as of the commencement of the case. See 11 U.S.C. § 541(a)(1).17 So when the Chapter 11 petition was filed in the instant case, 4Front, Highland Partners, Green Pastures, CIMA Group, MC Brands, Van Oyen, and all other creditors were barred from continuing with their State Court litigation against the Debtor, or engaging in any other acts against the Debtor or any property of the Debtor. See generally Hillis Motors, Inc. v. Hawaii Auto. Dealers' Ass'n, 997 F.2d 581, 585 (9th Cir. 1993).18
*726A fundamental purpose for allowing businesses and individuals to reorganize in Chapter 11 is to preserve jobs, pay creditors as much as they would receive in a Chapter 7 liquidation, and to preserve the investment equity of shareholders. See U.S. v. Whiting Pools, Inc. (In re Whiting Pools, Inc.), 462 U.S. 198, 203, 103 S.Ct. 2309, 2312-13, 76 L.Ed.2d 515 (1983) ; In re Mohave Agrarian Group, LLC, 588 B.R. 903, 915 (Bankr. D. Nev. 2018). Because a voluntary Chapter 11 debtor remains in possession of property of its bankruptcy estate, and because it has the rights, powers and duties of a bankruptcy trustee, see 11 U.S.C. § 1107(a), a Chapter 11 debtor in possession has a fiduciary responsibility to all creditors of the bankruptcy estate. See Woodson v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. (In re Woodson), 839 F.2d 610, 614 (9th Cir. 1988) ("[Debtor's] failure to notify his creditors of the $ 1 million in a timely fashion is especially troubling because [Debtor] is not an ordinary litigant. As debtor in possession he is the trustee of his own estate and therefore stands in a fiduciary relationship to his creditors."). A debtor in possession also is required to manage and operate the property in its possession according to the requirements of state law. See 28 U.S.C. § 959(b).
Creditors who oppose a Chapter 11 debtor's efforts can object at any time during the case and to any plan of reorganization that might be proposed. A Chapter 11 debtor in possession typically has an exclusive period of 120 days to propose a plan of reorganization, after which time a creditor may file its own plan. See 11 U.S.C. § 1121(b). As a general rule, a Chapter 11 debtor can propose a plan of reorganization to which all of its creditors agree, and such a consensual plan is confirmed without the necessity of a "cramdown" of plan treatment.19 If all creditors do not agree, then the plan may be confirmed through cramdown only if the treatment of the objecting creditors' claims is "fair and equitable." 11 U.S.C. § 1129(b). It is under this legal framework that the court addresses this Dismissal Motion.20
1. The Arguments of the Parties.
After describing a litany of events that allegedly preceded the commencement of this Chapter 11 proceeding, see Dismissal Motion at 2:6 to 10:20, 4Front offers eight separate, but overlapping arguments in favor of its request: (1) that Debtor is ineligible for relief under bankruptcy law, id. at 10:25 to 13:20, (2) that all parties are better served by abstention under Section 305(a) through dismissal of the case, id. at 13:23 to 14:10, (3) that appointment of a receiver in State Court offers a superior forum to resolve disputes, id. at 14:12 to 15:13, (4) that the Debtor commenced the Chapter 11 proceeding to frustrate creditor rights, id. at 15:15 to 16:2, (5) that economy and efficiency supports abstention by dismissal, id. at 16:4 to 17:10, (6) that dismissal is warranted under Section 1112(b) because of bad faith,21 *727id. at 17:13 to 18:3, (7) that dismissal is warranted based on the doctrine of unclean hands, id. at 18:5-24, and (8) that the automatic stay should be lifted to permit the actions in State Court to proceed, id. at 18:27 to 19:19. MC Brands simply joins in all of the arguments raised by 4 Front. Highland Partners, Green Pastures, and Van Oyen join in the arguments based on Section 305(a) and Section 1112(b). See Highlands Joinder at 6:15-27 and 7:2 to 10:20; Van Oyen Joinder at 2:1-2. The "joinder" filed by CIMA Group, however, seeks the appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee under Section 1104(a) in the event the case is not dismissed under Section 1112(b).22 See CIMA Joinder at 8:2 to 12:2.23
Debtor does not dispute the characterization of most of the events leading up to the filing of its Chapter 11 petition. See Opposition at 2:26 to 4:4. Instead, it offers eight separate but overlapping arguments of its own: (1) that a Chapter 11 plan will be proposed in good faith, see Opposition at 4:12 to 6:2, (2) that the Justice Department is currently barred from expending funds to enforce the marijuana restrictions applicable under the Controlled Substances Act, id. at 6:5 to 7:13, (3) that abstention through dismissal under Section 305(a) will not better serve the interests of the Debtor, id. at 7:14 to 9:3, (4) that the Debtor is in the process of establishing relationships with banks that currently do business with 4Front, id. at 9:5-12, (5) that the Debtor has workers compensation, employee health, and automobile insurance in place, and made a tax payment to the NDOT on April 23, 2019, id. at 9:14-27, (6) that the doctrine of unclean hands does not bar bankruptcy relief, id. at 10:2-13, (7) that the balance of hardships favor keeping the automatic stay in place, id. at 10:15 to 11:8, and (8) that civil contempt proceedings currently pending in State Court may be exempt from the automatic stay, id. at 11:11-17.
2. The Existing Case Law is Distinguishable. 24
Interspersed amongst the parties arguments are citations to various decisions by *728other courts suggesting why a marijuana-related bankruptcy case should, or should not, be dismissed. None of those decisions, however, are controlling under the circumstances of the case now before this court.25
A. The Most Recent Decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
On May 2, 2019, sixteen days after the Debtor commenced this Chapter 11 proceeding, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ("Ninth Circuit") entered its decision in Garvin v. Cook Investments NW, SPNWY, LLC (In re Cook Investments NW), 922 F.3d 1031 (9th Cir. 2019). That Chapter 11 proceeding was commenced in the bankruptcy court for the Western District of Washington and encompassed five related real estate entities. One of those entities, Cook Investments NW DARR ("Cook DARR"), leased property to an unrelated third party licensed under Washington law to grow marijuana. That lease violated, however, the provision of the Controlled Substances Act that prohibited the knowing lease of any space "...for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance..." 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1). The U.S. Trustee filed a motion under Section 1112(b)(1) to dismiss the Chapter 11 proceeding based on gross mismanagement as defined under Section 1112(b)(4)(B). The bankruptcy court denied the motion on the debtors' representation that an amended plan would include a rejection of the lease with the marijuana grower and payments under the plan therefore would not depend on a source that violates federal law. See Geiger v. Cook Investments NW, SPNWY, LLC (In re Cook Investments NW), 2017 WL 10716993, at *1 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 18, 2017). The bankruptcy court gave the U.S. Trustee leave to renew the motion at the time of confirmation of the amended plan.26
*729The debtors filed an amended plan along with a separate motion to reject the marijuana tenant's lease. The U.S. Trustee objected to confirmation of the amended plan, but not to the motion to reject the lease. An order was entered authorizing rejection of the lease. The U.S. Trustee objected that the amended plan was not proposed in good faith under Section 1129(a)(3), but did not renew the motion to dismiss under Section 1112(b)(1) based on gross mismanagement. The bankruptcy court overruled the plan objection and confirmed the amended plan under Section 1129(a).27 Id. at *1-2. On appeal, the federal district court affirmed both the plan confirmation order and the order denying the U.S. Trustee's motion to dismiss. As to dismissal based on gross mismanagement, the district court concluded that the U.S. Trustee had waived the objection by failing to renew the prior motion. Id. at *3. The district court also concluded that it was not an abuse of discretion to deny dismissal because the debtors might be able to propose a Chapter 11 plan that does not rely on income from the marijuana lease. Id. at *4. The district court emphasized that the debtors' plan of reorganization provided for payment of the single creditor whose judgment would be paid in full from non-marijuana income. Id.
On further appeal, the Ninth Circuit again affirmed. In particular, the circuit panel addressed the U.S. Trustee's objection that the debtors' Chapter 11 plan did not meet Section 1129(a)(3) because it had not "been proposed in good faith and not by any means forbidden by law." The Ninth Circuit held that the good faith requirement under Section 1129(a)(3) "...directs courts to look only to the proposal of a [Chapter 11] plan, not to the terms of the plan." 922 F.3d at 1035. (Emphasis added). Because the Debtor's plan had been negotiated during the Chapter 11 proceeding in good faith, it had not been proposed by any means forbidden by bankruptcy or non-bankruptcy law. Id. at 1033-34. With respect to any alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act, the court observed:
We do not believe that the interpretation compelled by the text [of Section 1129(a)(3) ] will result in bankruptcy proceedings being used to facilitate legal violations. To begin, absent waiver, as in this case, courts may consider gross mismanagement under § 1112(b). And confirmation of a plan does not insulate debtors from prosecution for criminal activity, even if that activity is part of the plan itself...There is thus no need to "convert the bankruptcy judge into an ombudsman without portfolio, gratuitously seeking out possible 'illegalities' in every plan," a result that would be "inimical to the basic function of bankruptcy judges in bankruptcy proceedings."
Id. at 1036 (citations omitted).28 With respect to dismissal for gross management within the meaning of *730Section 1112(b)(4)(B), the Ninth Circuit concluded that the U.S. Trustee had waived the objection by failing to renew its motion at plan confirmation. The circuit panel reached that conclusion because the motion was not presented under Section 1112(b)(1) and therefore there was no opportunity for the bankruptcy court to consider whether any claim of gross mismanagement could be cured under Section 1112(b)(2).29 Id. at 1034.
While the Ninth Circuit's decision in Garvin is controlling when a good faith objection to plan confirmation is raised under Section 1129(a)(3), there is no proposed Chapter 11 plan before the court at this time. Similarly, the Garvin decision does not address other requirements for Chapter 11 plan confirmation, such as feasibility under Section 1129(a)(11).30 At this stage, the Debtor wants to remain under the protection of the automatic stay while it tries to formulate a plan of reorganization. The Garvin panel did not preclude consideration of a motion to dismiss under Section 1112(b)(1), even at plan confirmation, but did not do so only because the U.S. Trustee had waived the ground by failing to renew its prior motion. So procedurally, the Garvin decision offers no guidance on whether dismissal under Section 1112(b)(1) on the basis of mismanagement under Section 1112(b)(4)(B), or any other ground, would be appropriate in the present case.
On the other hand, the more obvious factual distinction is that the Chapter 11 debtor in Garvin was not engaged in the cultivation, production and distribution of marijuana. Unlike the debtor in Garvin, this is not a case where proceeds of the Marijuana Business would provide merely "indirect support" for a confirmed plan.31 Rather, the Marijuana Business operated by the Debtor appears to be the primary source of the Debtor's revenue and appears to be in clear violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
Perhaps more important is that the Garvin decision does not address whether dismissal *731independently based on abstention under Section 305(a) is appropriate. The debtors in Garvin were not subject to multiple state court actions brought by creditors clamoring to enforce their claims against limited assets. The Debtor in the current case is.
Under these circumstances, the recent decision in Garvin is informative, but neither procedurally nor factually apposite.32
B. The Remaining Cases Cited by the Parties .
The other cases cited by the parties involved marijuana-related bankruptcy relief under various chapters of the Bankruptcy Code, but under very different circumstances. Three other non-bankruptcy cases cited by the parties are not persuasive.
(1) Chapter 13 Cases.
Relief under Chapter 13 is available only to individuals who are eligible under Section 109(e) and who are willing to devote their future disposable income to the payment of creditors. Individuals essentially commit to earn income from their labors over time in exchange for a discharge in Chapter 13. Because individuals cannot be subjected to forced labor, they cannot be placed into Chapter 13 involuntarily. See 11 U.S.C. § 303(a).
In In re McGinnis, 453 B.R. 770 (Bankr. D. Or. 2011), a Chapter 13 debtor proposed a plan that would be partially funded by the debtor's own marijuana business and rental income derived from other marijuana-related businesses. After an evidentiary hearing in which the Chapter 13 trustee objected, the court denied confirmation because the plan's reliance on income derived from the marijuana industry violated the good faith requirement under Section 1325(a)(3).33 The court further concluded that because the contemplated marijuana operations were illegal under both federal and Oregon law,34 debtor could not satisfy *732Section 1325(a)(6), which requires proof of a debtor's ability "to make all payments under the plan and to comply with the plan."35 The court, however, expressed a willingness to consider confirmation of any amended plan that did not rely on funding from illegal sources of income. As a result, the court denied plan confirmation but permitted the debtor to file an amended plan. In the event a timely amended plan was not filed, the court indicated that it would issue an order to show cause for dismissal or conversion to Chapter 7. Id. at 773-74.36
In In re Johnson, 532 B.R. 53 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2015), the U.S. Trustee moved to dismiss a Chapter 13 case because part of the debtor's income came from the sale of medical marijuana permitted under Michigan law. The court credited the debtor's testimony that all plan payments made to the trustee came from his Social Security income but nevertheless concluded that the court could not, and would not, allow the debtor to remain in a bankruptcy case that assisted in the advancement of an illegal activity. The court, however, did not agree with the U.S. Trustee that dismissal was a foregone conclusion, but instead gave the debtor the option to remain in bankruptcy by ceasing his illegal business operations. Specifically, the court enjoined the debtor from continuing with his marijuana business, ordered him to destroy all marijuana plants, and scheduled a further evidentiary hearing to determine the debtor's compliance with these conditions. Id. at 59. The court also provided the debtor with the option to terminate the injunction by moving to dismiss his own case under Section 1307(b). Id. 37
In Olson v. Van Meter (In re Olson), 2018 WL 989263 (9th Cir. BAP Feb. 5, 2018), a Chapter 13 debtor obtained rental income from a marijuana dispensary on real property she proposed to sell under her plan. The bankruptcy court sua sponte dismissed the bankruptcy case because the debtor was accepting rental income during the post-petition period from a source engaged in a business that violated federal law. On appeal, the bankruptcy appellate panel vacated and remanded the case, stating that the bankruptcy court needed to make more findings of fact and conclusions of law to support dismissal. In her concurring opinion, Judge Tighe expressed her opinion that "[a]lthough debtors connected to marijuana distribution cannot expect to violate federal law in their bankruptcy case, the presence of marijuana near the case should not cause mandatory dismissal." Id. at *7. Judge Tighe also provided additional clarification regarding the detail she believes to be necessary in future rulings involving similar cases:
*733I concur in the memorandum and write separately to emphasize (1) the importance of evaluating whether the Debtor is actually violating the Controlled Substances Act and (2) the need for the bankruptcy court to explain its conclusion that dismissal was mandatory under these circumstances. With over twenty-five states allowing the medical or recreational use of marijuana, courts increasingly need to address the needs of litigants who are in compliance with state law while not excusing activity that violates federal law. A finding explaining how a debtor violates federal law or otherwise provides cause of dismissal is important to avoid incorrectly deeming a debtor a criminal and denying both debtor and creditors the benefit of the bankruptcy laws.
Id. at *6.
The common theme in all of these Chapter 13 cases is the willingness of the bankruptcy court to allow the voluntary debtor to propose a feasible plan that does not rely on income received through a violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
(2) Chapter 11 Cases.
Relief under Chapter 11 is available to both individuals and non-individuals, and may be initiated both voluntarily and involuntarily. For individual Chapter 11 debtors, a bankruptcy discharge is obtained only upon completion of payments of a confirmed plan. See 11 U.S.C. § 1141(d)(5). For non-individual Chapter 11 debtors, a bankruptcy discharge is obtained upon confirmation of a plan unless the plan does not provide for continued operations. See discussion at note 32, supra.
In In re Rent-Rite Super Kegs W. Ltd., 484 B.R. 799 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2012), creditors sought to dismiss a voluntary Chapter 11 case filed by the owner of a warehouse. Dismissal was sought because twenty-five percent of the non-individual debtor's revenues came from warehouse tenants engaged in the medical marijuana industry. Although the tenants' operations were authorized under Colorado law, the bankruptcy court found that the revenue source violated the Controlled Substances Act and subjected the secured creditor's real property collateral to potential criminal forfeiture proceedings under federal law. Id. at 805-06. The court, therefore, found that "cause" existed under Section 1112(b) due to gross mismanagement and application of the unclean hands doctrine. Id. at 809. Because the remaining seventy-five percent of the debtor's revenues were not derived from the marijuana tenants, however, the court scheduled a further hearing to determine whether conversion or dismissal would be in the best interests of creditors. Id. at 810-11.38
In In re Arm Ventures, LLC, 564 B.R. 77 (Bankr. S.D. Fla. 2017), the Chapter 11 debtor, which did not have any income derived from marijuana-related sources as of the petition date, proposed a plan that contemplated leasing real property to an affiliate that would generate income from medical marijuana as permitted by Florida law. The secured creditor sought dismissal based on a variety of factors, including the debtor's reliance on marijuana-related sources of income to fund its plan. The court agreed that it could not confirm such a plan, but it provided the secured creditor with relief from the automatic stay in lieu of dismissal. Id. at 86-87. The court also *734gave the debtor two weeks to file an amended plan that did not rely on marijuana-related sources of income, absent which the court would convert the case to Chapter 7 and the secured creditor would be authorized to immediately proceed with its foreclosure sale. Id. at 86 & n.23.39
In In re Way to Grow, Inc., 597 B.R. 111 (Bankr. D. Colo. 2018), the Chapter 11 debtors' business
involve[d] the sale of equipment for indoor hydroponic and gardening-related supplies. As to their customers' uses of their products, Debtors have represented "[w]hile the hydroponic gardening equipment may and is used for many types of crops, the Debtors' future business expansion plan is tied to the growing cannabis industry which is heavily reliant on hydroponic gardening."
Id. at 115. After discussing various bankruptcy decisions involving debtors engaged in illegal activities, including the decision in Rent-Rite, the court discussed "three basic propositions" gleaned from this caselaw:
First, a party cannot seek equitable bankruptcy relief from a federal court while in continuing violation of federal law. Second, a bankruptcy case cannot proceed where the court, the trustee or the debtor-in-possession will necessarily be required to possess and administer assets which are either illegal under the CSA or constitute proceeds of activity criminalized by the CSA. And third, the focus of this inquiry should be on debtor's marijuana-related activities during the bankruptcy case, not necessarily before the bankruptcy case is filed.
Id. at 120. Utilizing these principles, the court found "cause" existed to dismiss the case under Section 1112(b) because the debtors' business violated the Controlled Substances Act. Specifically, after conducting a four-day evidentiary hearing, the court did not find credible the debtors' explanation that it would try to distance itself from selling its products to entities engaged in marijuana-related activities. The court further found that the reduction of debtors' revenue from marijuana-related sources would devastate the debtor's income stream, thereby making confirmation difficult, if not impossible. Finally, even if the court required the debtors to extricate themselves from the marijuana industry, the court concluded that the cost and effort of ensuring compliance would be inefficient, costly, and difficult to monitor:
In any event, the Court does not believe such an order [requiring the debtor to extricate itself from marijuana-related sources of business], or the remediation it would require, would be effective in this case. The Court cannot simply order Debtors to cease all sales to customers known to be involved in marijuana cultivation, because the usefulness of Debtors' products in illegal grow operations will continue to attract marijuana horticulturalists to Debtors' business, including those growing marijuana solely for personal use. Debtors have already acquired a venerable reputation for expertise in hydroponic marijuana growing, and it is difficult to imagine how Debtors could prevent customers from continuing to patronize Debtors' stores because of this reputation. Indeed, the evidence does not show Debtors' essential business model has changed post-petition, which, of course, is the relevant time to determine whether Debtors may remain in bankruptcy. In any event, any such order would require the Court, and interested *735parties, to monitor the Debtors' sales and customers, which would be very difficult and inefficient. Further, in light of the acrimonious nature of [the relationship between the party-in-interest moving for dismissal] with the Debtors, the Court can be reasonably certain such an order would lead to costly and time-consuming future litigation over the Debtors' compliance.
To prevent this Court from violating its oath to uphold federal law, under the specific facts of this case, the Court sees no practical alternative to dismissal.
The common theme of these voluntary Chapter 11 cases is the bankruptcy court's consideration of whether the debtor in possession could propose a feasible plan that did not rely on income received through a violation of the Controlled Substances Act.
(3) Chapter 7 Cases .
Relief under Chapter 7 is available to both individuals and non-individuals, and may be initiated both voluntarily and involuntarily. For individual Chapter 7 debtors, the property of the bankruptcy estate is administered by a bankruptcy trustee, see 11 U.S.C. § 704(a), and a bankruptcy discharge is obtained if no timely objections are filed by parties in interest. See 11 U.S.C. § 727(b). For non-individual Chapter 7 debtors, the property of the bankruptcy estate is administered by a bankruptcy trustee, but a discharge is not available. See 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(1).
In Arenas v. U.S. Trustee (In re Arenas), 535 B.R. 845 (10th Cir. BAP 2015), the U.S. Trustee moved to dismiss a voluntary Chapter 7 case in which the individual debtors sold marijuana and obtained rental income from an entity engaged in the marijuana industry that was lawful under Colorado law. In response, the debtors sought to convert the case to Chapter 13. The bankruptcy court denied conversion and dismissed the case. The bankruptcy appellate panel for the Tenth Circuit affirmed and expressed their agreement "with the bankruptcy court that while debtors have not engaged in intrinsically evil conduct, the debtors cannot obtain bankruptcy relief because their marijuana business activities are federal crimes." Id. at 849-50. The appellate panel concluded that the debtors likely would be unable to satisfy the "good faith" requirement under Section 1325(a)(3) to confirm a Chapter 13 plan, and neither a Chapter 7 or 13 trustee could administer assets without violating federal law. Id. at 852.41 It further observed that allowing the debtors to remain in Chapter 7 would prejudicially delay creditors, who would likely receive no distribution on their claims, while the debtors would receive a discharge and would be allowed to continue business operations that were illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. Id. at 853-54.
In In re Medpoint Mgmt., LLC, 528 B.R. 178 (Bankr. D. Ariz. 2015), vacated in part on other grounds, 2016 WL 3251581 (9th Cir. BAP June 3, 2016), an involuntary Chapter 7 case was filed against a non-individual entity that provided management services to medical marijuana *736businesses licensed under Arizona law. The alleged debtor stated "that all of its assets are marijuana-related," and counsel for the U.S. Trustee also expressed her belief that the alleged debtor did not have "any legal, non-marijuana assets that a trustee could lawfully administer." 528 B.R. at 184. The court dismissed the case because its continuation would require a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee to violate federal law and subject the bankruptcy estate to possible forfeiture of the alleged debtor's assets. Id. at 186.42 The court also found that the petitioning creditors, who voluntarily conducted business with an entity engaged in illegal activities, were barred from seeking relief under the "unclean hands" doctrine. Id. at 186-87.43
In Northbay Wellness Group, Inc. v. Beyries, 789 F.3d 956 (9th Cir. 2015), an attorney stole money from his client, i.e., a medical marijuana dispensary, and subsequently filed a personal, voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The dispensary instituted an adversary proceeding seeking to except its claim from discharge, but the bankruptcy court dismissed the adversary complaint under the "unclean hands" doctrine. The Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded, explaining that the bankruptcy court failed to balance the parties' respective wrongdoings as required under that doctrine:
The Supreme Court has emphasized, however, that the doctrine of unclean hands "does not mean that courts must always permit a defendant wrongdoer to retain the profits of his wrongdoing merely because the plaintiff himself is possibly guilty of transgressing the law." [
*737Johnson v.] Yellow Cab [Transit Co.] , 321 U.S. [383, 387, 64 S.Ct. 622, 88 L.Ed. 814 (1944) ]. Rather, determining whether the doctrine of unclean hands precludes relief requires balancing the alleged wrongdoing of the plaintiff against that of the defendant, and "weigh[ing] the substance of the right asserted by [the] plaintiff against the transgression which, it is contended, serves to foreclose that right." Republic Molding Corp. v. B.W. Photo Utils. , 319 F.2d 347, 350 (9th Cir. 1963). In addition, the "clean hands doctrine should not be strictly enforced when to do so would frustrate a substantial public interest." EEOC v. Recruit U.S.A., Inc. , 939 F.2d 746, 753 (9th Cir. 1991).
Id. at 960. The Ninth Circuit additionally observed "that the doctrine of unclean hands cannot prevent recovery of funds stolen from a client by his or her lawyer." Id. at 961.44
The common theme in all of these Chapter 7 cases is that the mere involvement of marijuana-related assets, income, or connections to the debtor, is not dispositive of whether a particular case is permitted to proceed.45
*738(4) Non-Bankruptcy Cases.
Two of the other cases cited by the parties address the likelihood of prosecution under the Controlled Substances Act, rather than whether particular conduct is in fact illegal under federal law. The remaining case addresses the appointment of a receiver under Colorado law, but does not address the Controlled Substances Act at all. As previously discussed, there is no meaningful dispute that the Marijuana Business operated by the Debtor is not permitted by federal law.
In U.S. v. McIntosh, 833 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2016), several defendants from California and Washington, which authorized the cultivation of medical marijuana, sought to enjoin their convictions for various marijuana-related violations of the Controlled Substances Act. They argued that Congress approved a rider to successive appropriations bills (referred to as "§ 542")46 that prohibited the Justice Department from spending any of its funds "to prevent States [who have legalized medical marijuana] from implementing their own State laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana." Id. at 1169-70. In examining its jurisdiction and appellants' standing, the Ninth Circuit found, among other things, that "[e]ven if Appellants cannot obtain injunctions of their prosecutions themselves, they can seek-and have sought-to enjoin [the Justice Department] from spending funds from the relevant appropriations acts on such prosecutions." Id. at 1172 (emphasis in original). Thereafter, the court held that § 542 only prohibits the Justice Department from utilizing funds to prosecute individuals who are in full compliance with applicable state medical marijuana laws:
Individuals who do not strictly comply with all state-law conditions regarding the use, distribution, possession, and cultivation of medical marijuana have engaged in conduct that is unauthorized, and prosecuting such individuals does not violate § 542. Congress could easily have drafted § 542 to prohibit interference with laws that address medical marijuana, but it did not. Instead, it chose to proscribe preventing states from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, and cultivation of medical marijuana.
Id. at 1178. The Ninth Circuit therefore vacated and remanded appellants' cases with instructions for the district courts to conduct evidentiary hearings to determine whether or not appellants' operations fully complied with their respective state's medical marijuana laws. Id. at 1179.
In U.S. v. Kleinman, 880 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir. 2017), an individual appealed his conviction of various marijuana-related offenses based, in part, on the Justice Department's prohibited use of funds under § 542. In affirming his conviction, the Ninth Circuit first found that appellant's conviction, which was entered prior to the passage of § 542, would not be vacated because § 542 did not change the illegality *739of marijuana-related offenses under federal law:
§ 542 does not require a court to vacate convictions that were obtained before the rider took effect. In other words, when a defendant's conviction was entered before § 542 became law, a determination that the charged conduct was wholly compliant with state law would not vacate that conviction. It would only mean that the [Justice Department's] continued expenditure of funds pertaining to that particular state-law-compliant conviction after § 542 took effect was unlawful. That is because, as we explained in McIntosh , § 542 did not change any substantive law; it merely placed a temporary hold on the expenditure of money for a certain purpose.
Id. at 1028 (emphasis in original).
In Yates v. Hartman, --- P.3d ----, 2018 WL 1247615 (Colo. App. Mar. 8, 2018), a spouse sought the appointment of a receiver over medical and recreational marijuana entities held in a marital dissolution proceeding. The entities were authorized to operate under Colorado law, and none of the parties asserted that their operations otherwise were illegal under the Controlled Substances Act. The appellate court concluded that any receiver must possess the proper licenses under Colorado law to operate the entities. Id. at ---- - ----, at *3-4. It therefore reversed the trial court's appointment of a receiver. Id. at ----, at *4.
The relevant theme of these non-bankruptcy cases47 is that while Congress may act to deny funding for federal prosecution of marijuana offenses under the Controlled Substances Act, it has not acted to legalize the cultivation, production and distribution of marijuana.48 Until it does so, all parties *740engaged in or having a significant connection with the marijuana industry face a creeping absurdity49 : they can rely in good faith on more and more state laws to increasingly form new businesses, increasingly invest and loan millions of dollars,50 and increasingly enter into occupations that expose all of them to possible federal criminal prosecution.51 Moreover, state and local governments that derive tax revenues from medical and recreational marijuana businesses face continuous uncertainty.52 *7413. The Evidence Presented by the Parties.
The burden of proof on this Dismissal Motion rests with 4Front as the party seeking relief. See, e.g., In re Rosenblum, 2019 Bankr. LEXIS 1160 (Bankr. D. Nev. Mar. 15, 2019) (order denying former spouse's alternative requests for dismissal, abstention, appointment of trustee, or relief from stay). The evidentiary record before the court consists of the written testimony offered by declarants Krane, Braddock, Malley, Miltenberger, Kanitz, and Padgett, the exhibits offered by the declarants, and the documents for which judicial notice has been requested. No objections have been raised as to any of the written testimony offered, the exhibits accompanying the declarations, or to the matters for which judicial notice was requested. Likewise, various documents have been attached as "exhibits" to the written legal arguments, some of which are not authenticated, but no objections have been raised to the inclusion of those documents as part of the record.
Among other things, Krane attests that 4Front entered into a consulting agreement with the Debtor in March 2014, for which it has not been paid under an arbitration award. See Krane Declaration at ¶¶ 6, 10, 11 and 12. As counsel for 4Front, Braddock attests, inter alia , that in May 2017, 4Front sued the Debtor in State Court to collect payments under the consulting agreement. See Braddock Declaration at ¶ 3. He also attests that prior to the Debtor's commencement of this Chapter 11 proceeding, 4Front took numerous steps to confirm and enforce an arbitration award in its favor, including prosecution of its Receivership Application and a request to hold the Debtor in contempt. Id. at ¶¶ 6 and 14. Braddock further attests that the State Court entered a judgment confirming the arbitration award, and the Debtor still refused to pay. Id. at ¶ 16.
As counsel for Highland Partners, and on behalf of both Highland Partners and Green Pastures, Malley attests that in July 2018, these parties commenced additional State Court actions against the Debtor for breach of a lease as well as certain loan agreements. See Malley Declaration at ¶ 5. He also attests that numerous other legal actions have been commenced in State Court by other parties. Id. at ¶ 8. As counsel for Green Pastures, Miltenberger attests that in May 2015, Green Pastures entered into an agreement with the Debtor to purchase certain promissory notes but that the Debtor has been in default since no later than June 2018. See Miltenberger Declaration at ¶¶ 5, 6 and 7. As the manager of an asset management firm, Kanitz attests that in May 2017, Highland Partners entered into a commercial lease with the Debtor for premises located at 3132 Highland Drive and 3152 Highland Drive, in Las Vegas. See Kanitz Declaration at ¶ 4. He also attests that between June and November 2016, certain members of Highland Partners entered into agreements with the Debtor to purchase certain promissory notes, and also to loan additional funds to the Debtor, all of which agreements *742have been breached. Id. at ¶ 5. Kanitz also attests that in September 2017 and January 2018, other members of Highland Partners entered into other transactions with the Debtor, including a secured line of credit, all of which have been breached. Id. at ¶ 6.
As the manager of BCP Holding, which is the manager of the Debtor, Padgett attests, inter alia , that on March 14, 2019, a judgment was entered by the State Court confirming an arbitration award in favor of 4Front in the amount of $ 4,987,092.29. See Padgett Declaration at ¶ 7. He also attests that the Debtor has workers compensation and liability insurance coverage in place through April 26, 2020. Id. at ¶ 10. Padgett also attests that the Debtor has employee health insurance as well as automobile insurance in place as of April 8, 2019. Id. at ¶¶ 11 and 12. He attests that the Debtor made a payment of $ 81,850 to the Nevada Department of Taxation on April 23, 2019. Id. at ¶ 13. Padgett attests that an eviction proceeding has been commenced by "Renaissance one landlord" with respect to a commercial lease "which is critical to CWNevada's operations." Id. at ¶ 15. He also attests that the "Debtor is in the process of establishing banking relationships at the very same banks that 4Front has established its relationships with." Id. at ¶ 20.
In addition to the exhibits previously mentioned in this order, see discussion at 722-24, supra, the record encompasses copies of various documents submitted by 4Front, including: the Declaration of Anthony Imbimbo in Support of CWNevada's Opposition to Motion to Affirm Arbitration Award ("Imbimbo Declaration") filed in State Court on or about February 14, 2019, in Case No. A-17-755479-C (Ex. "4"); the final arbitration award in favor of 4Front in the amount of $ 3,741,803.92 (Ex. "8"); the State Court order and final judgment confirming the arbitration award (Ex. "9"); a preliminary injunction entered by the State Court on March 14, 2019, enjoining the Debtor from "selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing of any assets in their possession, custody, and/or control, including any Nevada cannabis license and cash received (except as needed for normal business operations) from the lawful sale of cannabis through their Nevada retail dispensaries until this court orders otherwise" (Ex. "11"); a State Court complaint entitled Maria Navarrete, et al. v. CWNevada, LLC, et al., Case No. A-19-792575-C, filed April 4, 2019, alleging, inter alia , that the Debtor was in default in payment of employees at three Nevada marijuana dispensaries operating under the name "Canopi" (Ex. "13"); email correspondence dated April 10, 2019, from a revenue officer at the Nevada Department of Taxation indicating that a balance of $ 388,890.45 was then-owing by the Debtor, along with various periodic statements of taxes due (Ex. "14"); an ex parte application for order to show cause why the Debtor should not be held in contempt, filed by 4Front in State Court on April 12, 2019 (Ex. "15"); an email dated April 13, 2019, from Padgett to Van Oyen and Kanitz ("Padgett Email") (Ex. 16); the U.S. Trustee's Guidelines for Region 17 as of December 16, 2016 ("UST Guidelines") (Ex. "A"); and the UST List of Authorized Depositories, District of Nevada, Fourth Quarter CY 2018 ("Approved Depository List") (Ex. "B").
Copies of various documents also were submitted by Highland Partners and Green Pastures, including: the Declaration of Brian Padgett dated September 5, 2018, filed in State Court in Case No. A-18-777270-B ("2018 Padgett Declaration") (Ex. "1" to Malley Declaration); the Convertible Note Purchase Agreement dated May 20, 2015, between various purchasers (including Green Pastures) and the Debtor *743(Ex. "1" to Miltenberger Declaration); a Commercial Lease dated May 24, 2017, for the Debtor's lease of premises from Highland Partners for an industrial building located at 3132 Highland Drive and 3135 Highland Drive in Las Vegas (Ex. "1" to Kanitz Declaration); a Series B Preferred Convertible Note Purchase Agreement dated November 7, 2016, between the Debtor and Appleseed Ventures Growth Opportunity Fund LLC, that includes, as Schedule 7(f), the CWNevada, LLC, Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31, 2015 ("2015 Financial Statement") (Ex. "2" to Kanitz Declaration); and, a Promissory Note dated June 9, 2017, memorializing a loan to the Debtor in the amount of $ 161,802.81, obtained from Appleseed Ventures Growth Opportunity Fund LLC (Ex. "3" to Kanitz Declaration).
CIMA Group also submitted a number of documents, including the following: CIMA Group's emergency ex parte application for appointment of receiver and notice of suspension of registration, filed on April 13, 2019, in State Court in Case No. A-17-755479-C ("CIMA Group Application") (Ex. "1" to CIMA Joinder); the Notice of Verified Third-Party Claim and Demand for Surety, filed on February 15, 2019 on behalf of Brian Padgett, in State Court in Case No. A-18-773230-B ("Padgett Claim") (Ex. "2" to CIMA Joinder); and the Affidavit of Timothy Smits Van Oyen, a member of the Debtor53 , filed on May 13, 2019, in State Court in Case No. A-17-755479-C ("Van Oyen Affidavit") (Ex. "1" to CIMA Reply).
4. Dismissal Based on Abstention is Warranted under Section 305(a).
The production and distribution of CBD products is not prohibited by the Controlled Substances Act if the THC concentrations in the particular hemp plant conform to the limitations prescribed under Title 7. See discussion at 727, supra. No one challenges Padgett's written testimony that a portion of the Debtor's operations includes a CBD Business. According to the Debtor's independent accountant, however, as of February 14, 2019, the Debtor's
Current inventory on hand includes over [redacted] pounds of Cannabis Flower broken down into various sales weights (valued at $[redacted] ), Cannabis Trim of [redacted] ) valued at $[redacted] ) pound for a total of $[redacted], Edible Products of [redacted] units (valued at $[redacted] ), Concentrates of [redacted] units (valued at $[redacted] ), and Work in Process inventory (valued at $[redacted] ). The fair market value of this inventory totals $[redacted].
See Imbimbo Declaration at ¶ 7. Inasmuch as the recent inventory provided by its independent accountant may or may not include any CBD products, it is difficult to determine the significance of the Debtor's CBD Business. Moreover, there is no evidence of whether any portion of the Debtor's CBD Business includes the type of CBD products that are excluded from the Controlled Substances Act.54
*744Upon the commencement of a Chapter 11 proceeding, a debtor in possession ordinarily is required to close its existing bank accounts "and establish new debtor in possession accounts to be used for all transactions during the pendency of the case." UST Guidelines at 4.4.6(b). The new accounts must be established at a depository institution meeting the requirements of Section 345(b). Those requirements are designed to ensure the safety of the funds held by a trustee or debtor in possession as a fiduciary of a bankruptcy estate. A list of approved depositories is maintained by the U.S. Trustee. See UST Guidelines at 4.4.6(a)(1). Padgett attests that the Debtor is attempting to establish debtor in possession accounts with the "very same banks that 4Front has established its relationships with." Padgett Declaration at ¶ 20. While 4Front has offered no evidence to the contrary, the Debtor's factual and legal position is a false equivalency: 4Front is not a debtor in possession and is not subject to the same requirement. The names of thirty-nine approved financial institutions, including Bank of Nevada, Bank of George, First Security Bank of Nevada, and Heritage Bank of Nevada, have been provided to the voluntary Chapter 11 debtor in possession. See Approved Depository List at 1. Because Debtor has never filed any Schedules nor a SOFA that would disclose any bank accounts that existed when it filed its voluntary Chapter 11 Petition, or which were closed prior to filing the Petition, the court does not know whether the Debtor even had any bank accounts to close.55 At the very least, however, Debtor should be able to identify an approved depository institution in which it has attempted to open its required debtor in possession accounts.56 It has not done so.
As a non-individual, fictitious legal entity, Debtor cannot proceed without legal counsel. See generally United States v. High Country Broadcasting Co. Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993). The voluntary Chapter 11 petition was signed by the Debtor's general counsel, and such counsel conceded at the hearing on the Dismissal Motion that the Debtor must obtain separate, disinterested, bankruptcy counsel. The record also reveals that Padgett holds the majority of the membership interests of the Debtor, see note 53, supra, and also is the manager of BCP Holding, which is the manager of the Debtor. The record further discloses that Padgett previously provided some nature of legal services to the Debtor. See 2015 Financial Statement *745at Note 3: Related Party Transactions.57 The record also reveals that the Debtor's general counsel also represents Padgett personally and filed the Padgett Claim in one of the actions pending in State Court.58 In that claim, Padgett represents that he "is the owner of all rights, title and interest" to funds that previously had been garnished by CIMA Group. See Padgett Claim at ¶¶ 3-4. Moreover, he also alleges that pursuant to a previously perfected security interest, he "has the right of possession, and owns all rights, title and interest in all of the assets of CWNevada, including but not limited to all personal property, accounts, money, deposit accounts, products and the proceeds therefrom that existed or acquired afterwards." (Additional emphasis added). Id. at ¶ 5. Assuming these representations are accurate, Padgett at one time, or perhaps continuously, has provided legal services to an entity whose operations have resulted in nine separate lawsuits that are pending in various stages in State Court. See Padgett Declaration at ¶¶ 8, 14 and 15.59 More important, despite apparently perfecting only a security interest in the assets of the Debtor, he has made a verified claim in State Court that he actually owns all of the assets of the Debtor. In essence, the record before this court indicates that Padgett has taken positions that may be in actual and direct conflict with the interests of the Debtor, and that he also may be subject to claims by the Debtor that would be property of the bankruptcy estate.
The necessity of independent counsel to advise the Debtor is amply demonstrated by the record. While the Debtor is a limited liability company that, according to the Chapter 11 Petition, is managed by BCP Holding, as the managing member of the Debtor, see Resolution Authorizing Bankruptcy attached to Petition, it apparently is managed by a board of directors consisting of Padgett, Van Oyen, and Jennifer Lazovich. See 2018 Padgett Declaration at ¶ 3. Van Oyen had a twenty percent (20%) membership interest in the Debtor as of the end of 2015, see note 53, supra, and remains a member of the Debtor at this time. See Van Oyen Affidavit at ¶ 2. In addition to the board members he identifies, Padgett attests that the Debtor had two "shadow" directors, who apparently represented members of the Highland Partners and Green Pastures groups that purchased various promissory notes from the Debtor. See 2018 Padgett Declaration at ¶ 4. Whatever may be the validity or source of the alleged intrigue in the management of the Debtor, there is no dispute that Van Oyen joined in the Receivership Application brought in State Court by 4Front and also joins in the instant Dismissal Motion. Thus, there appears to be no consensus amongst the Debtor's management in favor of Chapter 11 relief.60
*746Notwithstanding the significant issues concerning management, the record also suggests that the Debtor's financial woes have been understated by that management. No one disputes that the April 23, 2019 payment was made to NDOT in the amount of $ 81,850. See Padgett Declaration at ¶ 13.61 That is a significant sum. The record also suggests, however, that as of May 3, 2019, the balance owing by the Debtor was $ 405,076.91. See Van Oyen Affidavit at ¶ 4. In other words, the tax payment made by the Debtor seven days after filing the Chapter 11 petition barely made a dent in the amount likely owed to the State of Nevada. Additionally, no one disputes that the Debtor is the subject of an eviction proceeding for "a commercial lease which is critical to the CWNevada's operations." Padgett Declaration at ¶ 15. The record also suggests that as of May 3, 2019, the Debtor was $ 117,500 in arrears as to that commercial lease of the dispensary premises located at 6540 Blue Diamond Road in Las Vegas, in addition to related obligations. See Van Oyen Affidavit at ¶¶ 5 and 6. Management simply ignores or apparently is unaware that a Chapter 11 debtor in possession is required to perform its obligations under any unexpired lease of commercial real property, particularly the payment of scheduled rent. See 11 U.S.C. § 365(d)(3).
The court has considered the role of the "unclean hands" doctrine in a bankruptcy case involving a marijuana-related debtor and the many parties that willingly do business with such an entity. It is clear that the Marijuana Business of this Debtor is not authorized under the Controlled Substances Act. It is equally clear that 4Front is a "national consultant in the cannabis industry," see note 6, supra, and therefore has potential legal exposure under the Controlled Substances Act. Compare Rent-Rite (voluntary Chapter 11 dismissed based on gross mismanagement and unclean hands of the debtor), with Medpoint Mgmt. (involuntary Chapter 11 dismissed based on, inter alia , unclean hands of petitioning creditors who did business with marijuana-related alleged debtor). Likewise, Highland Partners, Green Pastures, Van Oyen, MC Brands, and CIMA Group have potential legal exposure. See note 14, supra. When all sides to a pending dispute may be accused of wrongdoing, a court in equity may simply deny relief to all sides and dismiss the case. See, e.g., Green v. Higgins, 217 Kan. 217, 535 P.2d 446 (1975) (denial of both claims and counterclaims on finding that the conduct of both plaintiff and defendant had been willful, fraudulent, illegal, and unconscionable). But bankruptcy courts, like all courts, are required to consider the circumstances of each case rather than routinely dismissing entire swaths of petitions and requests filed by parties seeking *747legal relief.62 Public confidence and the integrity of the court, see note 44, supra, require no less. Thus, the court is not convinced that the "unclean hands" doctrine has an appropriate role in this case.
There may be cases where Chapter 11 relief is appropriate for an individual or a non-individual entity directly engaged in a marijuana-related business. For the reasons discussed above, this case is not one of them.
For the same reasons, the court instead concludes that the interests of creditors and the Debtor would be better served by dismissal of the case. See 11 U.S.C. § 305(a)(1). The parties may return to State Court where the Receivership Application, among other matters, may be fully addressed. Having reached this conclusion, it is unnecessary to address 4Font's alternative request for dismissal under Section 1112(b), as well as the request for appointment of a Chapter 11 trustee under Section 1104(a). Because dismissal of the case results in a termination of the automatic stay under Section 362(c), it also is unnecessary to address 4Front's alternative request for relief from stay.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Creditor 4Front Advisors LLC's Motion to Dismiss Bankruptcy Petition or, Alternatively, Motion for Relief from the Automatic Stay to Allow Receivership and Contempt Proceedings to Continue, Docket No. 18, be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED .
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the above-captioned Chapter 11 proceeding is DISMISSED pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 305(a)(1).
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending hearings in connection with the above-captioned Chapter 11 proceeding are VACATED .