CYR, Circuit Judge.
Robert A. Mercer, Jr., challenges a district court judgment affirming a bankruptcy court order disallowing most of Mercer's exemption claim relating to a $50,000 settlement fund in a personal injury action. We affirm.
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BACKGROUND
After Mercer was injured in an automobile accident in January 1990, he sued for compensatory damages, then filed a chapter 7 petition while the lawsuit was still pending. His amended...
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