Lewis v. United States Department of Education (In Re Lewis)

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant James Lewis seeks review of a final judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in favor of appellee United States Department of Education (“Department”). The bankruptcy court held and the district court affirmed that a congressional amendment to the law governing the discharge-ability of a student loan obligation in bankruptcy may be retroactively applied to an obligation incurred prior to the date the law was changed. Whether the district court correctly ruled that the retroactive amendments govern appellant’s…