Wilborn v. Gallagher (In Re Wilborn)

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that order granting reopening is interlocutory but treating notice of appeal as a motion for leave to appeal
• stating that dischargeability deadline is a statute of limitations, not jurisdictional prerequisite
• motion to reopen \constituted a preliminary step in the nondischargeability process\
• The court relied on its § 105 general equitable powers to extend deadline to file nondischarge-ability complaint 5 months after the bar date when notice of the filing was received after the bar date had passed
• “The order granting the motion to reopen the [bankruptcy] case is interlocutory, because it did not resolve the merits of the nondischargeability complaint, but constituted a preliminary step in the nondischargeability process.”

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