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... Cortez decision involves Carlos Vincente Cortez and his wife, Suzanne Hallman Cortez, who filed jointly for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection on April 8, 2004, ... plan that is less desirable to some debtors. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Lynn of Fort Worth denied the trustee's motion to dismiss concluding that "post-petition ... Circuit. The 5th Circuit affirmed McBryde's decision and remanded the case to Lynn for further consideration. The 5th Circuit, in an opinion written by Judge Carolyn Dineen King ...