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IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA 

IN RE: : 

 : 

LOUISE ANN THOMPSON, : Bankruptcy No. 16-22818-JAD 

 : 

 Debtor. : Chapter 13 

 : 

___________________________________ : Doc. No. 18

MEMORANDUM OPINION

 Presently before the Court is the Debtor’s third request to extend time to 

complete her bankruptcy petition. For the reasons below, the Court will deny 

the request and dismiss the case with prejudice and a 180 day bar on future 

filings. 

I. 

 The Debtor by letter dated September 14, 2016 sought to extend the time 

to complete her bankruptcy filing and anticipated completion by September 19, 

2016. See Doc. No. 18. The Debtor asserted that the senior agency that she met 

with for assistance was not able to help her and the person helping her type 

forms experienced computer issues. The Court finds these various excuses to 

be unacceptable. 

 This is the third motion to extend time that the Debtor has filed in this 

case. The previous two motions were granted and the Debtor has already 

received in excess of thirty additional days to complete the petition from the date 

of filing. Moreover, the Order of Court granting the Debtor an extension until 

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September 14, 2016 stated that “[n]o further extensions will be granted.” See 

Doc. No. 16. Despite this, the Debtor proceeded to request an extension until 

September 19, 2016. To date, the Debtor has yet to submit any filings to 

complete her petition as required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 1007. 

 Not only is this the third request for an extension in this case, the Court 

notes that this is the eleventh bankruptcy case filed by this Debtor. The first two 

cases were chapter 7 cases in which the Debtor received a discharge. The 

remaining cases have all been chapter 13 cases and each of those cases has been 

dismissed for varying reasons. Two were dismissed for failure to make payments 

(see Case Nos. 11-20639-JKF, 12-20221-JKF), four were dismissed for failure to 

file information (see Case Nos. 10-27619-JKF, 12-25449-JKF, 13-20047-JKF, 

14-24037-JAD), one was dismissed with prejudice after confirmation was denied 

(see Case No. 13-23269-JAD) and one was dismissed for failure to appear at the 

Section 341 meeting. (see Case No. 15-23272-JAD). In two of those cases, the 

Debtor was permitted to pay the filing fee in installments but did not make any 

payments. 

 As has been the history of this Debtor in previous cases, she has failed to 

file the necessary information to complete her petition despite being granted 

several requests for extensions. In addition, the Debtor has not paid the filing 

fee to date despite the grant of her request to pay in installments. 

II. 

Bankruptcy Code §1307 provides for the dismissal of a case for reasons 

including unreasonable delay by the debtor that is prejudicial to creditors (11 

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U.S.C. §1307)(c)(1)); nonpayment of any fees required under chapter 123 of title 

28 (11 U.S.C. §1307(c)(2)); failure to file a plan timely (11 U.S.C. §1307(c)(3)); 

failure to commence making timely payments (11 U.S.C. §1307 (c)(4)). See also 

11 U.S.C. § 349(a) (dismissal of a case for cause bars the discharge of debts that 

can be discharged); 11 U.S.C. §109(g)(allowing for a 180 day bar on filing for an 

individual whose case has been dismissed for willful failure to abide by orders of 

the court). The Debtor’s serial filings combined with her consistent failure to 

comply with the basic requirements of the Code and Rules despite being given 

ample opportunity to do so warrants dismissal of her case with prejudice with a 

180 day bar on any future filings. See e.g., In re LeGree, 285 B.R. 615 (Bankr. 

E.D. Pa. 2002). Moreover, in this Court’s Order of Court dated August 24, 2016 

it was stated that if the paperwork was not timely filed, this case would be 

dismissed with prejudice with a 180 day bar on future filings without further 

notice or hearing. See Doc. No. 16. 

III. 

For the reasons above, an order will be entered that denies the request for 

additional time, dismisses this case with prejudice and with a 180 day bar on 

any future filings. 

Dated: October 4, 2016 __________________________________ 

 JEFFERY A. DELLER 

 Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge 

Case Administrator to serve: 

Louise Anne Thompson 

Ronda J. Winnecour, Chapter 13 Trustee 

All Creditors and Parties in Interest

FILED

CLERK

U.S. BANKRUPTCY

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