the Supreme Court of the United States. 11 . Bankruptcy Rule 9014 allows a bankruptcy court to apply any of the Bankruptcy Rules in Part VII to a contested matter "at any stage in a particular matter.” Fed. R. Bankr.P. 9014. Section 105(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which allows a bankruptcy court to issue any order "necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of” the Bankruptcy Code, has also been frequently applied to allow or disallow amendments to proofs of claim as a matter of equity. See, e.g., United States v. Johnston, 267 B.R. 717, 721 (N.D.Tex.2001) (concluding that "the [bankruptcy] court’s power to pre vent abuse of process includes bending the time requirements ... to permit amendments” (internal marks omitted)); In re Eden, 141 B.R. 121, 123-24 (Bankr.W.D.Tex.1992) (<HOLDING>). The Seventh Circuit has also explained that
recognizing heightened importance of bankruptcy forum after passage of bankruptcy amendments and federal judgeship act of 1984 holding that it was within the bankruptcy courts equitable powers to award damages in an action for fraud on the court recognizing that many bankruptcy courts for equitable reasons  do permit amendments to proofs of claim even past the bar dale recognizing that a bankruptcys equitable powers provided by  105 do not authorize the bankruptcy courts to create substantive rights that are otherwise unavailable under applicable law or constitute a roving commission to do equity holding damages do not constitute other equitable relief