Herbstein v. Bruetman

Order

For more than a decade, Diego Herb-stein has been trying to collect a multimillion dollar judgment against Martin Bruetman. Herbstein v. Bruetman, 241 F.3d 586 (7th Cir.2001), the most recent episode to reach this court, narrates a small part of the contretemps. We recounted there that Bruetman had asked a bankruptcy court to discharge the debt to Herbstein, and that the bankruptcy judge had declined. In re Bruetman, 259 B.R. 649 (Bankr.N.D.Ill. 2001). Since then, the district court has affirmed this decision, 266 B.R. 676 (N.D.Ill.2001), and has denied Bruetman’s request for sanctions…