U.S. District Court, Maryland 

Posted: 1:00 am Fri, November 1, 2002
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<button><b><font face="times">Bankruptcy</font></b></button><b><i>Informal Proof of Claim Doctrine</i>BOTTOM LINE:</b> Adversary proceeding creditor had previously instituted in the context of debtor's Chapter 7 proceeding constituted an informal proof of claim for the purposes of the converted Chapter 13 proceeding; bankruptcy court did not err when it found that §502(b)(9) does not abrogate the informal proof of claim doctrine. <b>CASE:</b> In Re: Uwimana, No. DKC 02-1095 (decided Oct. 7, 2002) (Judge CHASANOW). RecordFax No. 2-1007-40, 12 pages.<b>COUNSEL:</b> For Aloys Uwimana: John Douglas Burns, The Burns Law Firm L.L.C., Greenbelt. For Government of Rwanda: David J. Farber, Patton Boggs L.L.P., Washington. <b>FACTS:</b> Debtor Aloys Uwimana filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code in September 1998. In December 1998, the Republic of Rwanda filed an Adversary Complaint to Det