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Date: 04-10-2025
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In re: Robert Lane
Case Number: 23-CV-11
Judge: SWS
Court: United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (Natrona County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Unknown
Defendant's Attorney: Pro Se
Description: Casper, Wyoming pro se defendant represented him self in a contested Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Robert Lane filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in the District of Wyoming in 2011. In the following years, settlement agreements were entered with Mr. Lane’s creditors. While the bankruptcy proceedings were ongoing, Mr. Lane began filing
lawsuits (first under his own name and later under the names of surrogate plaintiffs) against his creditors, his ex-wife, his children, and others involved in the bankruptcy case. Between November 2013 and August 2020, Mr. Lane caused 11 lawsuits related to the bankruptcy case to be filed in state or federal courts in jurisdictions across the country. He was repeatedly sanctioned, found in contempt, and had filing restrictions imposed on him for engaging in frivolous and vexatious litigation.
Mr. Lane was also sentenced to a term of imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to falsifying records in the bankruptcy case.
Appellees eventually moved to reopen the bankruptcy case, seeking a permanent injunction barring Mr. Lane from filing further lawsuits related to the settlement agreements and other matters that the bankruptcy court had previously adjudicated. Appellees also sought a declaratory judgment that prior settlement agreements and the bankruptcy court’s orders remained valid. After holding a bench trial, the bankruptcy court issued a 93-page decision in which it made detailed factual findings and legal conclusions. The bankruptcy court permanently enjoined Mr. Lane “from initiating or prosecuting litigation or any other adversarial action against any of the [Appellees]” based on facts and issues previously decided in the bankruptcy case or the adversary proceeding. R. vol. I at 121. It also entered a declaratory judgment stating that the bankruptcy settlement agreements “are valid and enforceable” and that the corresponding settlement orders “remain in full force and effect.” Id. at 123. On appeal the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s rulings.
Outcome: Affirmed
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Case Number: 23-CV-11
Judge: SWS
Court: United States District Court for the District of Wyoming (Natrona County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Unknown
Defendant's Attorney: Pro Se
Description: Casper, Wyoming pro se defendant represented him self in a contested Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Robert Lane filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in the District of Wyoming in 2011. In the following years, settlement agreements were entered with Mr. Lane’s creditors. While the bankruptcy proceedings were ongoing, Mr. Lane began filing
lawsuits (first under his own name and later under the names of surrogate plaintiffs) against his creditors, his ex-wife, his children, and others involved in the bankruptcy case. Between November 2013 and August 2020, Mr. Lane caused 11 lawsuits related to the bankruptcy case to be filed in state or federal courts in jurisdictions across the country. He was repeatedly sanctioned, found in contempt, and had filing restrictions imposed on him for engaging in frivolous and vexatious litigation.
Mr. Lane was also sentenced to a term of imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to falsifying records in the bankruptcy case.
Appellees eventually moved to reopen the bankruptcy case, seeking a permanent injunction barring Mr. Lane from filing further lawsuits related to the settlement agreements and other matters that the bankruptcy court had previously adjudicated. Appellees also sought a declaratory judgment that prior settlement agreements and the bankruptcy court’s orders remained valid. After holding a bench trial, the bankruptcy court issued a 93-page decision in which it made detailed factual findings and legal conclusions. The bankruptcy court permanently enjoined Mr. Lane “from initiating or prosecuting litigation or any other adversarial action against any of the [Appellees]” based on facts and issues previously decided in the bankruptcy case or the adversary proceeding. R. vol. I at 121. It also entered a declaratory judgment stating that the bankruptcy settlement agreements “are valid and enforceable” and that the corresponding settlement orders “remain in full force and effect.” Id. at 123. On appeal the district court affirmed the bankruptcy court’s rulings.
Outcome: Affirmed
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