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MATTER OF STAVRIOTIS

No. 91-3096.

977 F.2d 1202 (1992)

In the Matter of Emil STAVRIOTIS and Judith Stavriotis, Debtors. Appeal of UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Joel Nathan, Chicago, Ill., Gary R. Allen, Gary D. Gray, Bridget Rowan (argued), Douglas W. Snoeyenbos, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Arthur P. Sanderman (argued), Ronald M. Brown, Mitchell A. Cohen, Brown & Shinitzky, Chicago, Ill., for Stavriotis.

Before CUMMINGS and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and LEE, District Judge.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the bankruptcy court abused its discretion when, after the bar date for filing claims, it refused the Internal Revenue Service's request to amend a proof of claim. The Internal Revenue Service had sought to amend its original proof of claim in order to increase the debtors' 1981 tax liability from $11,132.93 to $2,435,078.39, and in order to add tax liability for 1982, an additional tax year...

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