UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
In re: Case No. 26-41224 MICAIAH MERIWEATHER, pro se, Chapter 7
Debtor. Judge Thomas J. Tucker /
ORDER DISMISSING CASE
On February 5, 2026, the Debtor filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7, commencing this case, and the Debtor also filed, among other documents, a document entitled “Certificate of Counseling” (Docket # 1 at pdf p. 52), which states that on February 19, 2025, the Debtor received “an individual [or group] briefing that complied with the provisions of 11 U.S.C. §§ 109(h) and 111.”
The Debtor is not eligible to be a debtor in this case under 11 U.S.C. § 109(h)(1). That provision provides in relevant part, that
an individual may not be a debtor under this title unless such individual has, during the 180-day period ending on the date of filing the petition by such individual, received from an approved nonprofit budget and credit counseling agency described in section 111(a) an individual or group briefing (including a briefing conducted by telephone or on the Internet) that outlined the opportunities for available credit counseling and assisted such individual in performing a related budget analysis.
(Emphasis added).
The Debtor did not receive the required credit counseling briefing during the 180-day period ending on the date of the filing of his petition. In this case, the “180-day period ending on” the petition date of February 5, 2026 began on August 9, 2025. The Debtor received the credit counseling briefing on February 19, 2025, 171 days before the 180-day period began. Because the Debtor is not eligible to be a debtor in this case, the case must be dismissed.
IT IS ORDERED that this case is dismissed.
Signed on February 13, 2026
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