IN RE DENNIS

Nos. 18-2899 & 18-2952.

927 F.3d 1015 (2019)

IN RE: Devan DENNIS and Tyeane Halbert, Debtors-Appellees, Appeals of: Illinois Department of Human Services and James T. Dimas.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 27, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Miller , Attorney, SEMRAD LAW FIRM, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellee Devan Dennis.

Patrick S. Layng , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEE, Chicago, IL, for Trustee Marilyn O. Marshall.

Ainat Margalit , Attorney, LAF, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Tyeane Halbert.

Robert Owen Lynch, III , Assistant Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Chicago, IL, Nadine J. Wichern , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants James T. Dimas, Illinois Department of Human Services.

Tara A. Twomey , Attorney, NATIONAL CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY RIGHTS CENTER, San Jose, CA, for Amici Curiae National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Bauer and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Devan Dennis and Tyeane Halbert (collectively, Debtors) each owed debts to the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS). Dennis owed for overpayments made to her under the Illinois Child Care Assistance Program; Halbert owed for overpayments made to her under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Debtors each...

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