and Local Rule 402 of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. This is a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(E) and (L). B. Is there a per se rule against lien stripping in a “Chapter 20” case where the debtor is not entitled to receive a discharge? A so-called “Chapter 20” case involves a debtor who files a Chapter 7 case, receives a discharge, and thereafter files a Chapter 13 case. The Bankruptcy Code permits this type of serial filing as “Congress did not intend categorically to foreclose the benefit of Chapter 13 reorganization to a debtor who previously has filed for Chapter 7 relief.” Johnson v. Home State Bank, 501 U.S. 78, 87, 111 S.Ct. 2150, 115 L.Ed.2d 66 (1991); see also Branigan v. Bateman (In re Bateman), 515 F.3d 272 (4th Cir.2008) (<HOLDING>). A debtor may not, however, receive a Chapter
holding that notwithstanding a debtors inability to obtain a chapter 13 discharge a debtor is nonetheless eligible to file a chapter 13 case holding that a chapter 13 debtor should be able to obtain a copy of his transcript in light of the broader discharge provision of chapter 13 holding that there is no statutory authority in chapter 13 which grants a chapter 13 debtor independent standing to sue under the trustees  avoidance power recognizing the requirement of  363 to obtain approval or consent in a chapter 13 case holding tort action accruing after original chapter 7 petition not part of estate when case converted to chapter 13 and then back to chapter 7