In Re Buren

MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, District Judge.

This appeal represents the consolidation of seven cases in which the Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ordered the Social Security Administration to pay a portion of Chapter 13 debtors’ monthly social security benefits to the Trustee in bankruptcy. In this case of first impression at the district court level, the issue is whether the Social Security Administration is subject to bankruptcy court income deduction orders that require payment of some or all of a debtor’s social security benefits to the Trustee in bankruptcy. The resolution of…