Legal Opinion
Omegbu v. United States Department of Treasury
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 16, 2004No. 04-1814PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In 1993 Fidelis Omegbu defaulted on his student loans. Three and a half years later, his lenders assigned his debt to the Department of Education. After unsuccessful collection attempts, the Department of Education notified Omegbu by letter in 1997 that it would offset his debt through the Treasury Offset Program, a centralized program administered by the Department of the Treasury to help federal agencies collect delinquent debts owed to the federal government. Among other things the Department of Education’s letter, which was sent to his last known address, explained how Omegbu could…
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