There can be no claim preclusion of state and federal claims of exemption because § 522(b)(1) and Schedule C prohibit raising state and federal homestead exemptions on a single schedule. The claim...
Claim preclusion does not bar a debtor from amending their schedule of exemptions (which is allowed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1009(a)) when the amendments assert different grounds for exempting...
Judge(s):
Marsha S. Berzon and Mark J. Bennett, Circuit Judges, and Joan H. Lefkow, District Judge, sitting by designation
