Kelley v. Ahern

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge

In this bankruptcy appeal from an adversary proceeding, Roy Ahern challenges the bankruptcy court’s determination that he cannot discharge a state court judgment for “fraudulently obtaining. title to property,” in violation of Wis. Stat. § 943.20(l)(d). Although Ahern acknowledges that 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) prohibits a debtor from obtaining a discharge for a debt incurred because of-the debtor’s fraudulent conduct, he argues that the bankruptcy court erred in giving preclu-sive effect to the state court’s default judgment against him for…