In Re Key

MEMORANDUM

JOHN C. MINAHAN, Jr., Bankruptcy Judge.

Before the Court is the Chapter 7 trustee’s objection to an exemption asserted for debtor’s cause of action for employment discrimination. The objection is sustained in part.

Facts

When the debtor filed for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, he was one of several plaintiffs to a lawsuit presently pending in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska alleging racial discrimination and retaliation by his former employer. 1 The debtor did not list this cause of action among his assets, nor did he include the pending…