Perez-Acevedo v. U.S. Dep't of Educ.

GORTON, District Judge.

This bankruptcy appeal emanates from the alleged repayment of student loans by the debtor-appellant, Vicente Perez-Acevedo ("Perez-Acevedo" or "appellant"). Those loans were incurred by Perez-Acevedo, beginning in 1993, to pursue his college education. At the time of the filing of the adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court, appellant states that he owed $3,978 *244in student loans to the Department of Education ("the DOE").

I. Background and Procedural History

On October 10, 2012, appellant filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code. The plan…