Legal Opinion
Banco Cooperativo de P.R. v. Herrera (In re Herrera)
Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit
Decided October 3, 2018No. BAP NO. PR 17-024; Bankruptcy Case No. 15-02987-MCF; BAP NO. PR 17-025; Adversary Proceeding No. 16-00280-MCFPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fagone, U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Judge.
These companion appeals arise out of a creditor's efforts to deny, delay, or limit a chapter 7 debtor's discharge. A discharge, *448the creditor feared, would preclude continuation of its efforts to elevate an unsecured claim to a secured claim by obtaining a lien on the debtor's principal residence. The bankruptcy court issued an order dismissing the creditor's complaint in its entirety and a separate order granting the debtor a discharge, and the creditor appealed both orders. To the extent the creditor sought to deny the debtor a discharge, the…
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