Hawkins

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

In re: STEPHANIE TRUVONNE 

HAWKINS,

Debtor, No. 04-17475

OHIO UNIVERSITY,  BAP No.

EC-03-01490-SPB

Appellant,

OPINION

v.

STEPHANIE TRUVONNE HAWKINS,

Appellee.  Appeal from the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel Brandt, Perris, and Smith, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed December 4, 2006

Before: William C. Canby, Jr., John T. Noonan, and Richard A. Paez, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

19045 19046 IN RE HAWKINS

COUNSEL

Donald M. Stevenson, Stockton, California, for the appellant.

Larry J. Cox, Rocklin, California, for the appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Ohio University appeals the judgment of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel (BAP) discharging Hawkins from a debt resulting from a judgment against her for breach of contract with the university. The BAP held that this debt and the resulting judgment did not meet the criteria for a loan or edu- cational benefit that are excluded from discharge under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8).

We adopt the opinion of the BAP and affirm…