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Cedar Rapids, IA - Badger Woman Previously Convicted of Bank Fraud Sentenced for Throwing Away Mail Sent to Her Employer

Threw Away Mail to Avoid Having Her Wages Garnished to Pay Restitution

A woman who threw away a federal g... More...   $0 (12-08-2018 - IA)

Finance Holding Company, LLC (Finance) obtained a judgment against
Dominque Molina for about $50,000 plus interest and attorney fees. In judgment
enforcement proceedings, Finance sought documents from Molina's employer, The
American Institute of Certified Tax Coaches, Inc. (Institute). Finance requested
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numerous categories of business, tax, and bank records, without limiting... More...   $0 (11-30-2018 - )

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co. (“St. Paul Insurance”) appeals the
district court’s grant of summary judgment to Matthew Livers and Nicholas Sampson.
Chief Judge Smith and Judge Colloton file this * opinion pursuant to 8th Cir.
Rule 47E.
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The court concluded that St. Paul Insurance had a duty under its coverage policy to
indemnify David Kofoed for intentional acts... More...   $0 (09-18-2018 - NE)

Detroit, MI - Former City Of Detroit Employee Sentenced To Prison For Embezzling $265,000 From The City

A former City of Detroit employee, Masharn Franklin, 53, of Detroit, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by 3 years supervised release, and ordered to pay $265,573 in restitution to the city of Detroit based on her conviction for embezzlement, United States Attorney Matthew S... More...   $0 (09-06-2018 - MI)

Troy Scheffler sued Gurstel Chargo, P.A. (“Gurstel”), claiming Gurstel
violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). The district court1
granted Gurstel’s motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
I. Background
Scheffler is a former debt collector who has litigated a number of FDCPA
claims against other debt collectors. Gurstel is a law firm engaged in debt collectio... More...   $0 (08-28-2018 - MN)

Scranton, PA - South Abington Man Sentenced To Over 19 Years In Prison For Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme

Hiteshkumar Patel, age 52, a resident of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on August 9, 2018, by United States District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to serve 234 months in prison on the charges of conspiracy and aggravated identity theft.

According to Un... More...   $0 (08-13-2018 - PA)

Appellant Ricky Lee Griffitts (“Griffitts”) was rear-ended by James Campbell (“Campbell”), an employee of BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”), in Springfield, Missouri. Campbell was driving a BNSF company vehicle and was intoxicated at the time of the collision. Numerous lawsuits ensued, including the instant equitable garnishment action that Griffitts filed against BNSF and its insurer, Old Republic (c... More...   $0 (07-15-2018 - MO)

David Cassady appeals the District Court’s denial of his motion for garnishment against the Georgia Department of Administrative Services (“GDAS”). We hold that garnishment actions are “suits” under the Eleventh Amendment, Georgia has not waived its immunity to the type of garnishment Mr. Cassady seeks, and Congress has not clearly abrogated the states’ immunity to such garnishments. We accordingl... More...   $0 (06-21-2018 - GA)

Linda Ann Grimsby invited her friend Nancy Buccina to take a
boat trip on Lake Erie. Toward the end of the voyage, the boat hit a wave, jarring the passengers
and injuring Nancy. Nancy and her husband Scot sued. A jury found that Grimsby was not
negligent. But the district court granted Nancy and Scot’s motion for a new trial on the ground
that the evidence did not support the verd... More...   $0 (05-06-2018 - OH)

In March 2016, CHS was awarded a money judgment against Riemers in the amount of $38,889. In April 2016, Riemers deposited $41,100 into an Alerus Bank account, apparently to be used for garnishment by CHS. In May 2016, on the motion of CHS, the district court entered an amended judgment ("Amended Judgment") in the sum of $41,793.72 to reflect the prejudgment interest accrued. We summarily affirme... More...   $0 (04-28-2018 - ND)

¶1 Defendants Hung T. Pham and Hoa V. To appeal the trial court's denial of their petition to vacate default judgment. After review, we find the trial court erred when it refused to vacate the default judgment. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the trial court and remand for further proceedings.1



FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY



¶2 This appeal arises from ... More...   $0 (04-11-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - Riverview Park Estates, LLC sued Imperial Investments, LLC, Stephen C. Pereff, Inc., Michael J. King, S. Gregory Pittman, Winters, King and Associates, Inc. seeking injunctive relief.

Issue # 1. Issue: CAUSE #1 - INJUNCTION RELIEF (INJUNCT)
Filed By: RIVERVIEW PARK ESTATES LLC
Filed Date: 05/31/2007
Party Name Disposition Information
Defendant: IMPERIAL IN... More...   $0 (02-27-2018 - OK)

Medical Recovery Services, LLC (“MRS”) appeals a district court’s judgment denying its request for postjudgment attorney fees on an appeal. The dispute arose after MRS attempted to collect a debt owed by Robert Lopez (“Lopez”). The magistrate court entered a default judgment and awarded attorney fees to MRS. MRS continued to incur attorney fees while attempting to collect on the default judgment a... More...   $0 (02-19-2018 - ID)

Appellant Robert Warren Scully was convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aiding and abetting a wire fraud scheme. 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1343, 1349. The district court later granted the Government’s motion to restrain Scully’s assets to preserve them for restitution and forfeiture. Scully was then sentenced and ordered to pay $1,206,539.94 in restitu... More...   $0 (02-15-2018 - TX)

Victoria Collin brought suit against the Commissioner of
Social Security to recover moneys she says are “due and owing” as a result of the
Commissioner’s failure, for about a year, to garnish certain benefits paid to her ex-husband. The
district court dismissed the suit on grounds of sovereign immunity. We affirm.
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No. 17-3733 Collin v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Page 2
Collin di... More...   $0 (01-31-2018 - OH)

On this appeal the parties have asked us to determine how, or even whether, an
important—but subtle and often confusing—doctrine limiting federal-court jurisdiction
should apply to a unique Colorado procedure for “nonjudicial” foreclosure of mortgages.

The jurisdictional doctrine is the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which forbids lower federal
courts from reviewing state-court c... More...   $0 (01-23-2018 - CO)

This review proceeding arises out of a post-judgment
order charging a judgment debtor’s interests in four limited
partnerships and a limited liability company to satisfy the
judgment creditor’s judgment against him. The charging
order was issued over the limited partnerships’ and limited
liability company’s objections that ancillary provisions
included in the charging order... More...   $0 (01-11-2018 - OR)