Richards v. Stevens
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Terence Bruce Richards appeals from the denial of a motion to reopen his bankruptcy case. We affirm.
Richards filed for bankruptcy in March 2003. A year later, he wrote a letter to the bankruptcy trustee stating that he and another person “conspired to defraud the creditors.” The trustee then filed an adversary complaint, seeking to revoke the discharge. The bankruptcy court granted the revocation. Richards appealed, but the district court affirmed the revocation.
Richards sought to reopen the bankruptcy case in order to dispute the merits of the revocation. Under 11 U.S.C. § 350(b), a…
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