AKRON, Ohio -- Once again the owner of the vacant Rolling Acres Mall thwarted a potential auction sale, filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy Monday in Delaware District Bankruptcy Court, forcing Summit County to pull the mall from its sheriff's sale and keep the property clenched in its grasp.

It is the second time in eight months that Premier Ventures has filed for bankruptcy within 24 hours of a sheriff's sale. The limited liability corporation filed for Chapter 7 in a California bankruptcy court in October.

Until the new bankruptcy is resolved, Summit County remains unable to do anything with the mall, which continues to rot as water and snow pours in shattered skylights and vandals roam the interior.

"I think that they want to sell the property and they are just going to try and delay it as long as they can," Summit County Assistant Prosecutor Regina Van Vorous said Tuesday.

The mall had been listed at just over $1 million in Tuesday morning's sale auction, plus $1.4 million in unpaid tax liens on the building. Van Vorous said Monday that she didn't expect the building to sell.

Premier Ventures' last bankruptcy was thrown out of bankruptcy court in February after the company couldn't prove it had a valid address in California. Van Vorous believes the company will maintain standing in this bankruptcy, since Premier Ventures is incorporated in the state of Delaware.

The court originally placed a hold to prohibit the company from filing for bankruptcy in any U.S. court, but after an appeal the court agreed to limit the restriction only to federal bankruptcy courts in the state of California.

Among debt issued on the mall is an outstanding mortgage that originated in Beverly Hills Ponzi schemer Ezri Namvar's capital investment group, which has since been dissolved. That mortgage, which according to bankruptcy filings has never been paid, was transferred just before Namco Capital Group was dissolved in 2008.

The mall was shuttered in 2008 after FirstEnergy cut off the power. Security contractor SACS eventually stopped showing up at the building after bills went unpaid.

The county foreclosed on the building in April 2013 but now must wait through yet another bankruptcy proceeding before it can try to liquidate the property again.