Michael Lee

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
In re
MICHAEL LEE,
Debtor.
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Case No. 09-00024
(Chapter 7)
Not for Publication in
West’s Bankruptcy Reporter
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING
APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF THE CHAPTER 7 FILING FEE
The debtor has filed an application for waiver of the
chapter 7 filing fee (Docket Entry (“DE”) No. 6). 	For reasons
explained in more detail below, the court will grant the debtor’s
application.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1930 as amended by § 418 of the
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention & Consumer Protection Act of 2005,
Pub. L. 109-8 (effective October 17, 2005), this court
may waive the filing fee in a case under
chapter 7 of title 11 for an individual if
the court determines that such individual has
income less than 150 percent of the income
official poverty line . . . applicable to a
family of the size involved and is unable to
pay that fee in installments.
28 U.S.C. § 1930(f)(1).
The debtor’s application reflects that he is from a
The document below is hereby signed.
Signed: January 17, 2009.
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S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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household of one and that he has no income. 	This figure is less
than 150% of the applicable poverty guideline figure maintained
by the Department of Health and Human Services for a one-person
household living in the District of Columbia. 	Thus, the debtor
has satisfied the first requirement for waiver under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1930.
To qualify for waiver of the filing fee, the debtor must
also demonstrate that he is unable to pay the fee in
installments. 	The debtor’s application reflects no monthly
income and monthly expenses of $1,537.00, leaving the debtor
without any monthly disposable income from which to pay the
filing fee in installments. 	It is thus
ORDERED that the debtor’s application for waiver of the
chapter 7 filing fee (DE No. 6) is GRANTED.
[Signed and dated above.]
Copies to:
Debtor; Chapter 7 Trustee; Office of the United States Trustee.
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