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MATTER OF STEENES

Nos. 17-3630, 17-3663 & 17-3664.

918 F.3d 554 (2019)

In the MATTER OF: Chester B. STEENES, et al., Debtors-Appellees. Appeals of: City of Chicago, Illinois.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Goldblatt , Attorney, Jonathan M. Seymour , Attorney, Danielle M. Spinelli , Attorney, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, David Paul Holtkamp , Attorney, City of Chicago Law Department, Myriam Z. Kasper , Attorney, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.

Onofrio A. Olivadoti , Attorney, Office of the Chapter 13 Trustee, Chicago, IL, for Appellee Marilyn O. Marshall , not individually but solely as the Chapter 13 trustee, of the bankruptcy estates of Chester B. Steenes, et al (Case No. 17-3630).

Eugene Wedoff , Attorney, Oak Park, IL, for Appellees Dorian Dudley, Chester B. Steenes (Case No. 17-3630).

George M. Vogl, IV , Ledford, Wu & Borges, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Appellees Glenn A. Haynes, Catherine M. Haynes (Case No. 17-3630).

Nathan E. Curtis , Attorney, Briana Marie Czajka , Attorney, Peter F. Geraci , Attorney, Geraci Law L.L.C., Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee (Case Nos. 17-3663, 17-3664).

Tara A. Twomey , Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA, David S. Yen , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center (Case Nos. 17-3663, 17-3664).

Glenn B. Stearns, Pro Se (Case No. 17-3664).

Patrick S. Layng, Pro Se (Case No. 17-3664).

Before Easterbrook, Rovner, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

An application for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code transfers most of a debtor's assets to the newly formed bankruptcy estate. 11 U.S.C. §§ 541, 1306. Property stays in the estate until the bankruptcy court confirms a plan of payment. Then, "[e]xcept as otherwise provided in the plan or the order...

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