Lampe v. Kash, et al, No. 1:2003cv00162 - Document 79 (S.D. Ohio 2012)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER denying 77 Amended Motion to Revive a Dormant Judgment. Signed by Judge S Arthur Spiegel on 11/7/2012. (km1)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO WESTERN DIVISION STEPHANIE LAMPE, : : : : : : : : : : : Plaintiff, v. KIRK KASH, et al., Defendants. NO. 1:03-CV-00162 OPINION & ORDER This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff s Amended Motion to Revive a Dormant Judgment (doc. 77) and Defendant s response thereto Defendant was (doc. entered $25,000 (doc. 71). 78). on In August brief, 17, 2004 judgment in the against amount of According to Plaintiff s motion, Defendant has never paid any amount of that judgment (doc. 77). Defendant argues that Plaintiff s motion should be denied with prejudice because he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on February 17, 2012 and listed Plaintiff as a creditor in that filing (doc. 78). Plaintiff failed to make an objection or otherwise appear during the bankruptcy proceeding, and Defendant was granted a discharged on May 30, 2012 under 11 U.S.C. §727 (Id.). The Court 2012 bankruptcy. has reviewed the docket from Defendant s Plaintiff was indeed listed as creditor, care -1- of her attorney of record. attorney appearing challenging the at the discharge 1 There is no record of her or her meeting of of debt the creditors owed or her. otherwise Instead, Defendant s debts were discharged in bankruptcy, including his debt to Plaintiff, and Plaintiff s motion before this Court must therefore be, and hereby is, denied. SO ORDERED. Dated: November 7, 2012 /s/ S. Arthur Spiegel S. Arthur Spiegel United States Senior District Judge 1 Had she challenged the discharge of the debt as, for example, being a debt for willful and malicious injury, she might have been successful since such debts are excepted from discharge. See 11 U.S.C. §523(a)(6). -2-

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