Deborah Elizabeth Gouch-Onassis
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. Background
The Debtor filed a pro se voluntary Chapter 7 petition on August 24, 2022, and received a discharge on December 5, 2022.4 The Debtor’s case was closed on December 23, 2022.5 The Debtor has been designated as a vexatious litigant pursuant to Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 391.7.6 On January 12, 2023, the Court denied a prior motion to reopen filed by the Debtor.7 The Debtor scheduled $64,801.22 in student loan debt.8 Before her case was closed, the Debtor did not file an adversary proceeding seeking to obtain a determination as to the dischargeability of her student loan debt. In the Motion to Reopen, the Debtor seeks the opportunity to appear before the Court “on student loans that [were] discharged.”9 The Debtor states that the “Department of Education and ED Financial refuses to discharge the debt as documents directed them to,” and that the “Department of Education and ED Financial want in writing that the student loans of $64,801.22 [are] included in the Chapter 7 bankruptcy ….”10 She further asserts that these creditors “will not discharge the debt until they receive an order from the court,”11 and requests that the Court “order the discharge [of] this debt…