The Rock Creek International School

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
In re
THE ROCK CREEK INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL,
Debtor.
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Case No. 07-00272
(Chapter 11)
Not for Publication in
West’s Bankruptcy Reporter
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DIRECTING DEBTOR
TO SUPPLEMENT OBJECTION TO CLAIM OF PEPCO
The debtor, Rock Creek International School, has filed an
objection to the claim of Potomac Electric Power Company (“PEPCO”
or “Claimant”). 	On September 19, 2007, Claimant filed proof of
claim number 32, asserting an unsecured non-priority claim in the
amount of $4,972.81 (the “Claim”). 	The claimant’s proof of
claim constitutes prima facie evidence of the validity and amount
of the claim. 	Fed. R. Bankr. P. 3001(f). 	The debtor contends
that:
Claimant is no longer owed $4,972.81, because it has
since paid such claim in full, as evidenced by the
invoices provided by the Claimant showing a credit
balance, attached hereto as Exhibit “A.” 	Also,
Claimant’s proof of claim references services billed
post-petition. 	No pre-petition charges are included.
The attached invoices, however, relate to service during the
The Memorandum Decision and Order below is hereby
signed. Dated: September 2, 2008.
_____________________________
S. Martin Teel, Jr.
United States Bankruptcy Judge
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postpetition period, and are billed to the debtor as a debtor in
possession, suggesting that the invoices relate to postpetition
services, not prepetition services. 	As to the objection that the
proof of claim does not include any prepetition services, the
proof of claim states that it is for electric service rendered
through the filing date. 	The proof of claim includes computer
printout attachments which indicate that they relate to a billing
date of May 25, 2007, the date of the debtor’s petition, and I am
at a loss otherwise to decipher the attachments, and thus they do
not establish that the claim refers only to postpetition charges.
The debtor’s objection to PEPCO’s claim is unaccompanied by a
statement under penalty of perjury. 	Accordingly, the debtor has
not rebutted the prima facie validity of PEPCO’s claim. 	It is
accordingly
ORDERED that by September 25, 2008, the debtor shall file a
supplementation to its objection to the proof of claim of PEPCO
rebutting the prima facie validity of that proof of claim, if
such rebuttal evidence is available.
[Signed and dated above.]
Copies to: Debtor; Debtor’s attorney; Office of United States
Trustee; Patrick J. Potter, and:
PEPCO
PO Box 97274
Washington, DC 20090-7274
Acct. Nos. 0414-1020-87 &
0252-2920-16
Bill Arnold
Marcher Consultants, Inc
8230 Leesburg Pike, Suite 610
Vienna, VA 22182
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