In Re West

ORDER ON TRUSTEE’S OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF EXEMPTION (Doc. No. 17)

ALEXANDER L. PASKAY, Bankruptcy Judge.

THE MATTER under consideration in this Chapter 7 case is an Objection to the Debtor’s Claim of Exemption (Doc. No. 17), filed by Diane Jensen, the Trustee of the Chapter 7 estate. It is the Trustee’s contention that Bruce H. West (the “Debt- or”), is not entitled to claim the federal exemptions under Section 522(d) of the Bankruptcy Code and the Debtor is limited to claiming the exemptions under the laws of the state of Indiana by virtue of Section 522(b)(1)(A).

In due course counsel for the…