Coleman
Educational Credit v. Coleman
Opinion
Opinion
Hawkins, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
In the Matter of: CATHY COLEMAN, Debtor.
No. 06-16477
EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION, D.C. No.
CV-05-05231-SC
Appellant,
OPINION
v.
CATHY COLEMAN,
Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Samuel Conti, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted May 14, 2008—San Francisco, California
Filed August 1, 2008
Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Michael Daly Hawkins, Circuit Judges, and James V. Selna,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Hawkins
*The Honorable James V. Selna, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.
9839 9844 In the Matter of: COLEMAN
COUNSEL
Curtis P. Zaun (argued) and Miriam Hiser (briefed), Educa- tional Credit Management Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota, for the appellant.
Lars T. Fuller (argued and briefed), The Fuller Law Firm, San Jose, California, for the appellee.
OPINION
HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:
We consider whether “undue hardship” determinations— whereby bankruptcy courts decide whether…