IN RE CROCKER

No. 18-20254.

941 F.3d 206 (2019)

IN RE: Evan Brian CROCKER, also known as Haas Legal, P.L.L.C., Debtor. Evan Brian Crocker, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, also known as Haas Legal, P.L.L.C, formerly known as Evan Brian Haas: Michael Shahbazi, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, formerly known as Montana Shahbazi; Wendy L. Landes, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated; Raegena Seitz-Moulds, on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, Appellees v. Navient Solutions, L.L.C.; Navient Credit Finance Corporation, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

REVISED October 22, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason W. Burge , Kathryn Johnson , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., Lynn Elizabeth Swanson , Attorney, Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Appellees.

Thomas Miles Farrell , Attorney, Houston, TX, Karen Elizabeth Sieg , Richmond, VA, McGuireWoods, L.L.P., for Appellants.

Mark Samuel Goldstein , Alicia Martone Bendana , Lowe, Stein, Hoffman, Allweiss & Hauver, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae Bankruptcy Scholars.

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

Before STEWART, SOUTHWICK and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges.


An individual in Texas and another in Virginia separately obtained loans from the same lender to pay education expenses. Both later filed for bankruptcy in their respective states. In time, orders of discharge were entered. One of the discharged debtors then filed suit against the lender in the same Bankruptcy...

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