Goswami v. MTC Distributing (In Re Goswami)

How courts have described this case

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• “there is no difference between an open case and a reopened case, and [a debtor in a reopened case does] not need the court’s permission to amend.”
• “The approach we adopt in this case is consistent with the Ninth Circuit’s policy of liberally allowing debtors to amend their exemption schedules so as to enhance their fresh start.”
• a debtor's § 522(f) lien avoidance rights are determined as of the petition date
• for filing amendments, there is no difference between an open case and a reopened case, citing Towers v. Boyd (In re Boyd) , 243 B.R. 756 , 766 (N.D Cal. 2000)
• rejecting an argument similar to the Trustee’s

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