United States Ninth Circuit

Repayment of student loans is not an undue hardship for purposes of 11 USC 523(a)(8) if the evidence shows that the petitioner's professional prospects look bright.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2001
• Decided 04/13/2001
• Published 04/13/2001

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge:, Before:  REINHARDT, WARDLAW, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter S. Holmes, Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen, LLP, Seattle, Washington, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane Tebelius, Assistant United States Attorney, Seattle, Washington;  Bruce Fine, Aiken & Fine, P.S., Seattle, Washington;  Donivan R. Irby, Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, Washington;  Jeffrey W. Davis, Attorney General's Office, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, for the defendants-appellees.