IN RE LEWIS

No. 06-35255.

506 F.3d 927 (2007)

In re James LEWIS, Debtor, James Lewis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United States Department of Education, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 5, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Bernard Zaleha, Attorney at Law, Boise, ID, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Amy S. Howe, Assistant United States Attorney, Boise, ID, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: B. FLETCHER, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant James Lewis seeks review of a final judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Idaho in favor of appellee United States Department of Education ("Department"). The bankruptcy court held and the district court affirmed that a congressional amendment to the law governing the dischargeability of a student loan obligation in bankruptcy may be retroactively applied to an obligation incurred prior...

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