Mark Tetzlaff is a 57-year-old recovering alcoholic who has been convicted on misdemeanor victim intimidation and domestic abuse. He may also be the person with the best shot at upending the way U.S. courts treat student debt for bankrupt borrowers.
Tetzlaff has spent three years battling lawyers for the Department of Education over the right to have his student loans canceled in bankruptcy. On Thursday, he appealed his case to the Supreme Court. If the nation's highest court takes the case on, it will be one of the rare occasions when it has addressed the $1.3 trillion pile of student debt held by 41 million Americans.
Read more at Bloomberg News: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-19/the-supreme-court-may-weigh-in-on-a-student-debt-battle