UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT  MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA   IN RE:  JEFFERY STEPHEN LAWRENCE GREEN      CASE NO. 17-10058  MEMORY C. GREEN DEBTORS                CHAPTER 7   SE PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC   PLAINTIFF   V.                  ADV. NO. 17-1017   JEFFERY STEPHEN LAWRENCE GREEN   DEFENDANT    MEMORANDUM OPINION    Plaintiff SE Property Holdings, LLC sued defendant Jeffery Stephen Lawrence Green to  except a judgment debt from discharge. The court granted the defendant's motion for summary  judgment on all but a single claim at a January 31, 2018 hearing.  1 Plaintiff timely filed a Rule  9023 Motion to Alter, Amend, or Vacate Partial Summary Judgment [P-55] but failed to set the  motion for hearing as required by the district's Local Rules  2 until nearly three months later, when  it movedex parteto have the court set a hearing on its motion.  3 The plaintiff knew for months  that its motion was unresolved yet failed to bring it before the court.  That issue is merely ancillary, however, to the underlying defects in the motion for  reconsideration itself. Plaintiff seeks rehearing under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59, made applicable by  Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9023. The Fifth Circuit has held that:   1 February 9, 2018 order granting in part and denying in part defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment [P-51].  2 At the outset of the March 9 trial the court noted that the plaintiff's motion had not been set for hearing. Trial transcript, p. 5, lines 6-9 [P-70].  3 Plaintiff’s Motion to Set Plaintiff’s Rule 9023 Motion for Hearing [P-75].   Case 17-01017 Doc 77 Filed 05/21/18 Entered 05/21/18 16:13:33 Page 1 of 3

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