In a perplexing ruling regarding a court's ability to enforce the discharge injunction, the Fifth Circuit ruled that only a court in the district that issued the discharge could enforce the...
Reaffirming its commitment to the Brunner test to determine the dischargeability of student loans, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the lower courts’ refusal to discharge a chapter 7 debtor’s student...
In order to obtain a section 523(a)(8) discharge, a debtor must introduce a preponderance of evidence that shows that any obligation to repay student loan debt imposes an undue hardship on the...
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the bankruptcy court's (E.D. Ky.) dismissal of the debtor’s undue hardship student loan complaint because the debtor failed to state...
1) The deadline in Bankruptcy Rule 8002 is jurisdictional. The failure to timely file a notice of appeal deprives the district court or BAP, and the Court of Appeals, of jurisdiction. (2) Filing a...
Inga Olsen (the “Debtor”) appeals from the bankruptcy court’s October 26, 2016 judgment in favor of creditor Finance Authority of Maine (“FAME”), determining that: (1) her student loan...
Judge(s):
BAP (Bailey, Godoy and Panos) appeal from USBC-Maine (Hon. Peter G. Cary)
