In the case of California Coast Univ. v. Aleckna No. 16-158 (M.D. Pa. Aug. 28, 2019) the Court held that California Coast University violated the bankruptcy stay where it excluded the graduation date from the debtor’s transcript because she owed $6300 in overdue tuition. The debtor had filed a chapter 13 bankruptcy which prohibits creditors from collecting from the debtor . The court noted that it is well settled that withholding a transcript in an attempt to force the debtor to pay a debt violates the bankruptcy stay. The debtor was also granted costs and attorney fees to be […]
