Legal Question in Bankruptcy in Missouri

Discharging Student Loans

In December 1998, I filed chapter 7 for relief of debts. It was done as pro se. On the schedule was listed my student loan requesting to be discharged. Having no knowledge of law and since nobody protested or responded at the Meeting of Creditors it was assumed that all debts were discharged.

Final orders were in March of 1999. In Nov. of 1999, the Department of Education started threatening to garnish wages and proceedings against me. I disputed the loan.

I had the case re-opened to have the loan discharged. The trial was set for May of 2000, due to I could not afford an attorney I must proceed as pro se of this case. When the hearing commenced, the attorney for the Department of Education was not present. I was. The judge refused to call the case. He called another to allow the attorney to arrive. He ruled in favor of the Department of Education. I am currently fighting this decision and seem to still to have difficulty receiving fair justice of this case. What steps can be taken regarding this.

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