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IN RE STERLING

No. 18-2773.

933 F.3d 828 (2019)

IN RE: Jacqueline M. STERLING, Debtor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 13, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Shelist , Attorney, SHELIST & PENA, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Debtor-Appellant.

Terence M. Austgen , Elizabeth M. Bezak , Attorneys, BURKE COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, Merrillville, IN, Nancy J. Townsend , Attorney, BURKE, COSTANZA & CARBERRY LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee SOUTHLAKE NAUTILUS HEALTH & RACQUETT CLUB, INCORPORATED.

Michael J. Jasaitis , Attorney, AUSTGEN KUIPER JASAITIS, P.C., Crown Point, IN, Philip E. Kalamaros , Attorney, HUNT SUEDHOFF KALAMAROS LLP, St. Joseph, MI, for Defendant-Appellee AUSTGEN KUIPER & ASSOCIATES, PC.

Philip E. Kalamaros , Attorney, HUNT SUEDHOFF KALAMAROS LLP, St. Joseph, MI, David M. Austgen , AUSTGEN KUIPER JASAITIS, P.C., Crown Point, IN, for Defendant-Appellee DAVID M. AUSTGEN.

Tara A. Twomey , Attorney, NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER, Boston, MA, for Amici Curiae NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS and NATIONAL CONSUMER BANKRUPTCY RIGHTS CENTER.

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

Debtors' prisons are viewed as relics of the past, long out of use and out of favor. Yet here we face a case of a jailed debtor that calls to mind the days when people were imprisoned for failing to pay their debts.

Jacqueline Sterling owed outstanding fees to Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc., and...

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