United States Department of Health & Human Services v. Britt (In Re Britt)

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SPRIZZO, District Judge.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (the “Government” or “HHS”) appeals from the December 21, 2001 Memorandum Decision (the “Opinion”) and the January 14, 2002 Order (the “Order”) of the United States Bank ruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (Beatty, B.J.) granting appellee and cross-appellant Esther Carroll Britt (“Britt”) discharge from her federally insured Health Education Assistance Loans (“HEAL loans”). For the reasons that follow, the Court reverses the bankruptcy court’s Opinion and Order and…