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Parties Involved:
Aparna Gupta
Appellee
Steven Neil Kendall
Appellant

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-1563

In Re: STEVEN NEIL KENDALL,

Debtor.

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APARNA GUPTA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

STEVEN NEIL KENDALL,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District

Judge. (1:07-cv-00122-LMB; BK-05-14772; 06-01019-SSM)

Submitted: July 1, 2008 Decided: August 13, 2008

Before NIEMEYER and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

A. Hugo Blankingship, III, BLANKINGSHIP & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,

Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard G. Hall, Annandale,

Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Steven Kendall appeals from the district court’s order

affirming the bankruptcy court’s order entering judgment in favor

of Aparna Gupta on her action challenging the dischargeability,

under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(2)(A) (2000), of a $65,000 loan made by

Gupta to Kendall. We have reviewed the record on appeal and the

parties’ briefs and conclude that the bankruptcy court did not

clearly err in finding that the debt at issue constituted an

“extension, renewal, or refinancing of credit,” and that it was

procured through fraud, within the meaning of § 523(a)(2). See In

re Biondo, 180 F.3d 126, 130 (4th Cir. 1999). Accordingly, we

affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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