United States Eighth Circuit

On remand from the Supreme Court, a previous opinion and judgment for plaintiff holding that a time limit in the Debt Collection Act barred the Secretary of Education from offsetting a portion of plaintiff's social security benefits to repay a student-loan debt is vacated in light of recent Supreme Court precedent, and over plaintiff's due process and laches claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• ARNOLD, Circuit Judge., Before ARNOLD, McMILLIAN, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lowell V. Sturgill, argued, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James Marshal Smith, argued, Kansas City, MO, for appellee.