Property ZIP code Bankruptcy slowdown Chapter 13 (wage-earner cases) is the most common type of bankruptcy filed in Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of West Tennessee. Trustees are working to reduce repeat filings and it's working. For October, 957 Chapter 13 cases were filed, compared to 1,117 filed in the same period of 1998, a 14.3 percent drop. Property ZIP code Oct. 1999 Oct. 1998 38002 (Arlington/Lakeland) 3 4 38017 (Collierville) 13 6 38018 (Cordova) 7 14 38053 (Millington) 7 15 38101 (Main Branch P.O.) 1 0 38103 (Downtown/Mud Island) 6 5 38104 (Midtown) 22 24 38105 (Greenlaw) 13 17 38106 (E. Presley/W. Person) 64 64 38107 (North Memphis) 34 41 38108 (Jackson Ave.) 30 36 38109 (Westwood/Mallory) 97 106 38111 (Poplar/Highland) 52 54 38112 (N. Parkway/Rhodes) 18 34 38114 (Defense Depot) 72 73 38115 (Hickory Hill North) 62 56 38116 (Whitehaven) 94 127 38117 (Poplar/Perkins) 3 5 38118 (Oakhaven/Pkwy. Vill.) 80 128 38119 (Quince/Ridgeway) 5 6 38120 (Mt. Pisgah/E. Shelby) 0 2 38122 (Berclair) 28 25 38124 (Colonial) 0 1 38125 (Kirby/S.E. Shelby) 14 10 38126 (Linden/Crump) 12 12 38127 (Frayser) 93 107 38128 (Raleigh) 55 67 38132 (Millbranch/Nonconnah) 1 0 38133 (Bartlett/Brunswick) 6 11 38134 (Bartlett/Raleigh East) 25 22 38135 (Bartlett/Ellendale) 8 5 38138 (Germantown West) 2 3 38141 (Hickory Hill South) 30 37 Totals 957 1,117 Source: Chapter 13 petitions filed between Oct. 1-31 in 1998 or 1999 in Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of West Tennessee, which contained a ZIP code in Memphis or Shelby County, as compiled by the Daily News Online.