Kevin Lamar Fountain v. Ricky D. Dixon Secretary Department of Corrections

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• holding that motions may be amended though Fed. R.Civ.P. 15 does not apply to contested matters
• deciding, in part, that a bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to allow the IRS to amend its proof of claim, after the bar date, to increase the debtor's liability from $ 11,132.93 to $ 2,435,078.39.
• applying Rule 7015 in contested matter to amendment of claim and noting that “practice before the bankruptcy courts and the district court should be the same,”
• denying IRS leave to amend its claim to increase the amount from $11,132.93 to $2,435,078.39, more than 220 times the original claim
• “Often a party will amend a complaint in response to new information obtained in discovery, to correct insufficient pleadings, or for numerous other valid reasons.”

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