Smith v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (In Re Smith)

OPINION

EMIL F. GOLDHABER, Chief Judge:

The matter for decision in the case at bench is whether a chapter 13 debtor is entitled to a permanent injunction prohibiting the State Transportation Authority from revoking the debtor’s driver’s license due to a minor, prepetition traffic infraction. The debtor did not appear in traffic court to dispute his liability, did not pay the fine he was assessed, but listed the amount of the fine in his bankruptcy schedules. On the basis of the reasoning outlined below, we conclude that the debtor is not entitled to a permanent injunction.

The undisputed facts…