Legal Opinion
In Re Lamb
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided March 14, 1997No. 19-40564PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DAVID P. McDONALD, Bankruptcy Judge.
George Daniel Lamb filed his voluntary Chapter 7 case on October 24,1996. On January 8, 1997, he filed Motion 8 To Enforce Creditor To Stop Flooding Basement and To Appoint Debtor A Counsel. In support of his request for an appointment of attorney to assist him, Mr. Lamb relies on 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) (hereinafter section 1915(d)). 1
It is settled that the forma pauperis provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (hereinafter section 1915(a)) which generally authorize federal courts to waive costs in civil litigation, are not available in bankruptcy court. See…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. KrasSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- In Re Jon Robert Perroton, Debtor. Jon Robert Perroton v. Nancy L.G. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Rhodes v. HoustonDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1966
- Paul E. Rhodes v. Norval Houston, Paul E. Rhodes v. Clarence A. H. Meyer, Paul E. Rhodes v. Richard M. Van SteenbergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- In Re ReedUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Arizona · 1995
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re StansburyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998