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MATTER OF THOMAS

No. 18-11091.

931 F.3d 449 (2019)

In the MATTER OF: Vera Frances THOMAS Debtor, Vera Frances Thomas, Appellant, v. Department of Education, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 30, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tatiana Sainati , Attorney, Wiley Rein, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Stephanie Rene' Barnes , Siebman, Burg, Phillips & Smith, L.L.P., Plano, TX, for Appellant.

Dawn Whalen Theiss , U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Appellee.

Tara Ann Twomey , Attorney, National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, San Jose, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Consumer Bankruptcy Rights Center, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.

Before JONES, HO, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Thomas challenges the bankruptcy court's denial of discharge of her student loan debt pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8). This court, like the bankruptcy and district courts, is bound by our previous interpretation of the discharge provision in In re Gerhardt, 348 F.3d 89

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