In Re: Paul F. Bender Lee E.J. Bender, Debtors. Lee E.J. Bender v. Educational Credit Management Corporation

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s 1 determination that Lee Bender’s petition to discharge her student loans in a bankruptcy proceeding was not ripe for review. We affirm.

In February 2001, Ms. Bender and her husband filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 13. Four months later, three and a half years before they would become enti-tied to a discharge of debts under their Chapter 13 plan, Ms. Bender commenced this adversary proceeding seeking discharge of her student loan debt to Educational Credit Management Corporation. A little over a year later, the…