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On May 27, 1998, petitioner sought protection of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court for the District of Montana (the Bankruptcy
Court) by filing a petition in bankruptcy. The bankruptcy case
was dismissed on June 25, 1998.
On June 9, 1998, before respondent or the Court was notified
of petitioner's pending bankruptcy proceeding, the Court ordered
that petitioner could not introduce any documents identified in
Respondent's Request for Production of Documents and could not
introduce any evidence relating to Respondent's Interrogatories
to Petitioner, which were not provided to respondent by May 28,
1998, unless allowed by the Court for good cause shown.
On July 15, 1998, petitioner filed a second petition with
the Bankruptcy Court. The second bankruptcy case was dismissed
on July 31, 1998.
On September 1, 1998, petitioner filed a third petition with
the Bankruptcy Court. On October 22, 1998, petitioner's third
bankruptcy case was dismissed for abuse of the bankruptcy
process, and he was enjoined from filing any petition in
bankruptcy for a period of 1 year. In its discussion, the
Bankruptcy Court stated:
Based upon Debtor's tactics in the two prior
Chapter 13 cases, which are repeated and surpassed in
this case, the Debtor's repeated failures to submit
conforming Schedules, Statements, and Plans, failure to
file Statements of Income and Expenses, to answer
questions under oath regarding his employment, income,
expenses and tax returns, and to comply with other
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