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NELNET

Adversary proceedings under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)(8) where the case caption matches this servicer or agency. Source: CourtListener / RECAP archive (Free Law Project), v2 broader matcher snapshot 2026-04-28.

Total APs
64
Pre-DOJ guidance
5
Post-DOJ guidance
59

Filter: All Pre-DOJ (5) Post-DOJ (59)

Case nameCourtFiledTerminatedEra
Larsen v. Department of Education - Nelnetwiwb2026-04-13post
Gardner v. Nelnet Inc.flsb2026-04-07post
Brown v. Nelnetmnb2026-04-07post
Jung v. NELNETvaeb2026-04-05post
Burnett v. Nelnetflmb2026-04-03post
Iser Mitchell v. Dept. of Ed/Nelnetmdb2026-04-03post
Regis v. Nelnet, Inc.njb2026-04-02post
Madlock, Sr. v. Nelnet, Incwieb2026-04-02post
Deleon, Jr. v. Nelnet, Inc.mab2026-04-01post
Jess v. US Dept of Ed. /Nelnetnyeb2026-03-18post
Kukoyi v. NelNet Inc.txsb2026-03-16post
Hurley v. Nelnet, Inc.nywb2026-03-03post
McGhee v. Nelnet as servicer for the U.S. Department of Educdcb2026-02-20post
Davis v. United States Department of Education Nelnettxsb2026-02-17post
Clark v. Nelnettxsb2026-02-09post
Mulhern v. Nelnet Servicing LLC d/b/a Firstmark Servicesvaeb2026-02-02post
Steppacher v. Nelnetnysb2026-01-29post
McKay v. US Dept of Education and/or Nelnet dba Sloan Serviilnb2026-01-09post
Fowler v. United States Department of Education Nelnetflsb2026-01-06post
Poteat v. Nelnet Servicing, LLCncmb2025-12-02post
Reynolds v. Nelnetwawb2025-12-02post
Grippe v. Nelnet Servicing, LLCpaeb2025-12-01post
Steppacher v. Nelnetnysb2025-11-27post
Crowe v. Department of Education/Nelnetarwb2025-11-05post
Anderson v. Nelnetgamb2025-10-14post
Anderson v. Nelnetndb2025-10-08post
Crawford v. Department of Education/Nelnetnceb2025-09-24post
Crawford v. Department of Education/Nelnetncwb2025-09-24post
Jackson v. NelNetpaeb2025-09-23post
Stoppler v. Nelnetndb2025-09-09post
Smith v. United States Department of Education/Nelnettxnb2025-09-05post
Lee v. Nelnetcasb2025-09-02post
McGregor v. Department of Education (Nelnet)nywb2025-08-26post
Esquivel v. NELNET Servicing, LLCidb2025-08-25post
Roque v. Nelnet Student Loan Grantor Trust 2021-Dnmb2025-08-18post
Nash v. NelNet Servicing, LLCtxeb2025-08-18post
Douglas v. Nelnetiasb2025-08-12post
Walcott v. Nelnet Servicing LLCtxeb2025-08-08post
Nash v. Nelnettxnb2025-07-09post
Lucas v. NELNET/U.S. Department of Educationncwb2025-06-18post
Haynes v. Nelnetinsb2025-05-23post
Hayden v. Nelnet Servicing, LLCvtb2025-04-10post
Howard v. Nelnetianb2025-04-02post
Kirby v. Nelnet, Inc./U.S. Department of Educationksb2025-03-14post
Wilson v. Department of Education/NELNETpamb2025-03-12post
Mitchell v. Nelnetalmb2025-02-25post
Stavig v. Nelnetksb2025-02-02post
Nevins v. Nelnet, Inc.ksb2025-01-19post
Dragoo v. Department of Education / Nelnetwaeb2024-12-30post
Willmon v. Nelnet, Inc.ksb2024-12-182025-07-29post
Woodworth v. United States Department of Education, and Nelnet.oknb2024-11-19post
Rose v. Nelnetarwb2024-09-13post
Fein v. Nelnet Servicing, LLCksb2024-06-242024-12-30post
Nizwantowski v. U.S. Department of Education C/O Nelnetnceb2024-04-222024-10-08post
Parker v. Dept. of Education/NelNetnmb2024-03-11post
Xiao v. United States Department of Education/Nelnetnysb2024-01-31post
PERRY v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION/NELNETmtb2023-10-312024-12-02post
Patterman v. United States Department of Education/Nelnetnynb2023-06-152024-01-17post
Charles v. NelNet Servicing, LLCoknb2023-06-012024-08-05post
Sooter v. Nelnet Financial Servicesnmb2021-02-112021-05-13pre
Stevenson v. Nelnetnmb2019-12-162021-06-02pre
Ruocco v. Nelnet Incilsb2019-10-312020-08-05pre
Johnson v. Nelnet/US Dept of Edakb2018-02-012018-03-02pre
LOPEZ SANTIAGO v. NELNET INCprb2017-05-172018-03-16pre

How this servicer is matched

A row is included when the AP's caseName matches one of these case-insensitive patterns:

\bnelnet\b

An AP can match more than one servicer (multi-defendant captions), so totals across servicers exceed the dataset's 2,045 records. The DOJ-guidance cutoff is November 17, 2022.