Philip Evans v. Richard Ottimo A/K/A Richard J. Ottimo, Joyce Ottimo, A/K/A Joyce Ottimo, A/K/A Joyce Decarlo Ottimo

B.D. PARKER, JR., Circuit Judge:

Richard and Joyce Ottimo (the “Otti-mos”), debtors in bankruptcy, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Seybert, /.), which barred them from relitigating in bankruptcy court the fraudulent nature of debts owed to Appel-lee Phillip Evans, one of their creditors. In prior New York state court proceedings, the court, following a default judgment and an inquest, found the Ottimos to have committed fraud and imposed substantial compensatory and punitive damages. The district court, reversing an order of the…