Russellville Care Center Inc v. Carolyn Ruth Cauley Revocable Trust et al

Filing 61

DEFAULT JUDGMENT against Crossclaim Defendant Shelle Purtscher 53 . Signed by Judge Brian S. Miller on 8/1/2022. (kdr)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
CENTRAL DIVISION
RUSSELLVILLE CARE CENTER, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
CAROLYN RUTH CAULEY REVOCABLE
TRUST, SHARON GRIMES, in her capacity
as Trustee of the Carolyn Ruth Cauley
Revocable Trust, UNITED STATES OF
Case No. 4:20cv1438-BSM
AMERICA, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SERVICES, & DEBRA
BUCKNER, in her official capacity as Pulaski
County Tax Collector,
(formerly Case No. 60cv-20-5535 in the
Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas)
Defendants.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Counterclaim / Crossclaim Plaintiff
v.
RUSSELLVILLE CARE CENTER, INC.,
JANE DOE, in her capacity as the Trustee for
the CAROLYN RUTH CAULEY
REVOCABLE TRUST, ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
DEBRA BUCKNER, in her official capacity
as PULASKI COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR,
TOMMY LAND, in his official capacity as
the ARKANSAS COMMISSIONER OF
STATE LANDS, ANNA GRACE ROMINE
CAULEY, BENNETT ROMINE CAULEY,
GRAYSON ROMINE CAULEY, &
SHELLE PURTSCHER,

Counterclaim / Crossclaim Defendants.

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST CROSSCLAIM DEFENDANT SHELLE
PURTSCHER
This matter comes before the Court on the United States’ Motion for Entry of Default
against Crossclaim Defendant Shelle Purtscher (filed at ECF No. 53). After due consideration, it
is hereby ORDERED that the United States’ motion is granted; and
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that default judgment is entered in
favor of Counterclaim/Crossclaim Plaintiff the United States on its Crossclaim against Shelle
Purtscher pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2), as follows:
1.

Crossclaim Defendant Shelle Purtscher failed to plead or otherwise defend against

the United States’ Crossclaim against her filed at ECF No. 28;
2.

The Clerk of the Court has entered a default against Purtscher pursuant to Fed. R.

Civ. P. 55(a) at ECF No. 52;
3.

Accordingly, Purtscher holds no right, claim, or interest in the real property

subject of the United States’ First Amended Counterclaim/Crossclaim located at 2 Creekside
Court in Little Rock, Arkansas (the “Creekside Property”) with the legal description “Lot 36,
Sandpiper Creek, an Addition to the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, and
being shown on plat recorded as Plat No. D-752, records of Pulaski County, Arkansas” and
with the Parcel No. 44L0781003600; and
4.

Purtscher is entitled to no proceeds from the sale of the Creekside Property by

subsequent order of this Court.

SO ORDERED this 1st day of August, 2022.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE