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IN RE GARLAND

BAP No. EO-08-040. Bankruptcy No. 05-73573. Adversary No. 06-08044.

417 B.R. 805 (2009)

In re James Clinton GARLAND, Debtor. United States Trustee and the Internal Revenue Service, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James Clinton Garland, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Tenth Circuit.

September 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Wright of Wright, Stout & Wilburn, P.L.L.C., Muskogee, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul R. Thomas (David W. Newman, Boise, ID, with him on the brief) of the United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee United States Trustee.

Olivia R. Hussey, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice (Mary E. Bielefeld with her on the brief), Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee Internal Revenue Service.

Before BROWN, THURMAN, and ROMERO, Bankruptcy Judges.

OPINION

THURMAN, Bankruptcy Judge.

The debtor, James Clinton Garland ("Debtor"), appeals the Bankruptcy Court's order denying him a discharge pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 727(a)(2), (a)(4)(A), and (a)(5).1 We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Debtor is a lawyer who is now mostly retired from legal practice, but who once represented plaintiffs in complex class-action litigation. He filed his petition for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

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