Meyer v. Kansas Department of Labor (In re Meyer)

ORDER DIRECTING JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT

ARTHUR B. FEDERMAN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff-Debtor Charles Raymond Meyer seeks a determination that the Defendant Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) violated the discharge injunction by fading to pay him the full amount of unemployment benefits he claimed after having obtained a Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge. KDOL contends that the Debt- or obtained unemployment benefits without disclosing that he was gainfully employed and, under Kansas law and the doctrine of recoupment, it was entitled to deduct those overpayments from current benefits, despite…