Legal Opinion

Educational Credit Management Corp. v. Bernal (In Re Bernal)

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit

Decided June 26, 1998No. BAP No. SC-97-1447-MORO, Bankruptcy No. 96-05903-A7, Adversary No. 96-90593PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MONTALI, Bankruptcy Judge.

Educational Credit Management Corporation (“Appellant”) appeals from an order denying a motion to intervene as a defendant in a student loan hardship discharge adversary proceeding and denying an alternate request for relief from entry of clerk’s default. We AFFIRM.

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FACTS

In 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, Martha M. Bernal (“Debtor”) obtained four separate student loans (the “Bernal Loans”) from Citibank. When Debtor filed her chapter 7 bankruptcy petition on April 30, 1996, Citibank’s agent (Student Loan Corporation) submitted a claim to the California Student Aid…

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re: Martha M. Bernal, Debtor. Educational Credit Management Corporation v. Martha M. BernalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
  2. Hamilton v. Appolon (In Re Hamilton)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2009
  3. Garmhausen v. Sallie Mae Servicing Corp. (In Re Garmhausen)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. New York · 2001
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