Dobrek v. Phelan

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• noting that in the event that the statutory term is ambiguous “we look next at the surrounding words and provisions and also to the words in context”
• disagreeing with In re Hickman, 260 F.3d 400, 405 (5th Cir. 2001), which held that commercial bondsman’s bail forfeiture debts are dischargeable in bankruptcy
• “the Court should affirm the District Court’s dismissal only if it appears that the Plaintiff could prove no set of facts that would entitle him to relief.”

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