Where the U.S. Department of Education was not required to file a counterclaim seeking repayment of a student loan debt in a first bankruptcy proceeding, the U.S. District and Circuit courts found the department had good reasons for pursuing other methods to get plaintiff to repay. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, Northern District of Indiana. Frederick Greene and his wife filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 in 2005. Greene and his wife obtained a discharge …