Cimaglia v. Moore

Filing 92

ORDER granting 53 Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Closing Case. Signed by Judge Federico A. Moreno on 1/17/2017. (mmd) NOTICE: If there are sealed documents in this case, they may be unsealed after 1 year or as directed by Court Order, unless they have been designated to be permanently sealed. See Local Rule 5.4 and Administrative Order 2014-69.

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STW A M .CI AGLI ,
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VS.

M ATTHEW A.M OORE,
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s n e a
t or os es nc r d
n he nd

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fn a t od r p ry h y on l u c a e u ig h i i h- e r o n i eains i
whi h en d i 2008. A r e oft r c d lads t Cou tt c ude t tt Pli ifs
c de n
eviw
he e or e
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r o oncl
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e r nd i he wie uly dvie n he e s , t s
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ts
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ual

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antf nd
e nt t
k n
y d om ntc e a i hi r

2 0 t 2 0 . Th Dee d n l s hi j b a d mo e o t a ohe rlto hp i 2 0 Thr e
0 0 o 0 8 e fn a t o t s o n v d n o n t r eains i n 0 8
e
.

year bef e t r atons p ended, i 2005,t Pl ntf a Defndantj nty purhasd a
s or he el i hi
n
he ai if nd e
oi l c e

home. Bot pa tesc i
h ri ontnued ma ng m orga pay e suntlt Fl i pr ry wa s d i
ki
t ge m nt
i he orda ope t s ol n

201 a a l s wih t De e t pa ng over $1 ,000 t fna l f ciia e t c osng. The
5 t os t he f ndan yi
0
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diput he e a ie a ound t naur oft $1 ,000 down paym ent f t t hom e, whih t
s e r rs s r
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or ha
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antf ovi d.
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r he i na 20,
down payme b a et $1 000wasal n s pr de t t Def nt
nt ec us he 20,
oa he ovi d o he enda
.

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e nt s es ha t s oa
r s ha he 20,
s f t t

t ne d f r pa
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.
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he omantc r l i ns p a t Pli if
i eato hi nd he antf
c i
ontnued t r i i t home fom 2008 t 201 . The Defnda f t rcai t t1 t
o esde n he
r
o
5
e nt urhe l ms ha ) he

fn n iltr s o d f rfd r l u idcin h sn tb e me;2 t e c mpli ti b re b te
ia ca h e h l o e ea j rs ito a o e n t ) h o an s ar d y h
saut oflmiai a t docrne ofl he 3 e n i he i labl he hass frd mor
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e

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;
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l
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u r u g n s u h rz d e e h r s o e u n su
tra a t
.

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Ci. 5 () e a t e kig u r u g n e r h nta b r n f mo taig
t a e e ofa ge ne i s ofm a e i lf c . Adik s v S. Kr s ('Co., 398 U . 1 1
he bs nc
nui s ue
t ra a t
ce . H
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S. 44, 57

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1 7 ) e a t p o ig h to o u r u g n y o i l e t p n r
a lga i or de al of t pl a ngs t non- ovi pa t mus esa ih t es e il
le tons
ni s
he e di ; he
m ng ry
t tbls he s nta
e e e s ofis c s on whi h i w ilbe r t bur n ofpr a t i l Ce ot x Cor v Cat e t
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S. 7 1 ) s hia e ndu .
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o p.
S.
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nt
t ee
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de e n uppor of t nonm ova '
t he
nts

p sto . A j r mus b a l r a o a l t fn frten n v n Anderson v.fi rt Lobby,
o iin u y t e b e e s n by o id o h o mo a t
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i ve st as
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t
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a n . d. f t s t a a l ppa e r m he ompli t tt
ant ha he

a u ti c nr v ry e c e s tej rs it n la u t t n te c u ts o l lo t o h r
mo n n o to e s x e d h u idci a mo n, he h o r h u d o k o t e
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e ris ip t h u idcin l momt s t n h s a e ai if nt ns ha
.

s i s e ng t r c r$8 000 i t sca e a amountt ts cli s s lntt Def nda
he s e ki o e ove 0, n hi s , n
ha he am he e he e nt
.

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i na oa m
s 20, he antf onti e
he
nt owa d he

j itp rh s o ah memiu $ 0,0 t eDe e d n p i h rwhe t err lto s i e d d i
on u c a e f o
n s 4 0 0 h f n a t ad e
n h i eain hp n e n
2008. Thi Cour cn
s
t nnots t a l e lc ti y' t tt a ounti c r s i l st an
ay o s ga erant ' ha he m
l
n ontover y s es h

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7 ,0
c r i gy te u t a i est u idcin v r h s te
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f nda t s rs orda' t t e i t tons r a ntf ec r
orda aut

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w ihi f ye s l t s c s , t Pl i if pr de t down pa enton t hous i 2005
t n our ar . n hi a e he a ntf ovi d he
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en

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i ttons r antf l i .
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t

f
onna pa e t r s t sa ut oflm ia i woul be n t rm whe t Pli tf de a d
l ym nt e m , he tt e i ttons
d gi o t
n he a n if m nde

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i he a e he opery e ule n os o h i ha he ai if e lz he
d

notr c rt $1 000 a t ti when s de a
e ove he 20,
nd ha s
he m nded r pa ntf o t De e nt She
e yme r m he f nda
.

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ie hi a e e
hs a e . co di y, he
t i he t t e i t tons s
ba t sa ton.
r hi c i

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e to o u r u g n as r u s u r u g n s p o rae e a e
lc s ba st Pl ntf sac i fom pr ee ng. Pl ntf tl t sca e on Oc obe 2 2015,
a he r he ai if ton r
oc di
ai if ied hi s
t r ,

f urm ont a t t s e oft Fl i pr pe t t tr ule i a fnancall s Due t t l s
o
hs fer he al
he orda o ry ha es t d n i i os .
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a t 201 s l ,Pli ifwa una e t r ove t down pa nts pr de . A cc di y,
t he 5 a e antf s bl o ec r he
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or ngl
t Cour do notfnd l c dodrneoper t st ba Pl i ifsc am s
he
t es
i a hes
i
a e o r antf l i .

C. Un tEnrchme
jus i nt

F o ialw rq ie acam fru j s e rc me tt s tsy f u e s nilee n s ( )
lrd a e u rs li o n u t n ih n o aif o r se ta lme t: 1
teplitf mus c n e ab nei u n ted fn n ; 2 t d fn a tmu th vek o e geo
h an if t o fr e ft po h ee da t ( ) he ee d n s a n wld f
teb n ft ( )ted f n a ta c p sa d rti teb nei;a d ( )tecru tn e a es c
h e e i; 3 h e e d n c e t n eans h e ft n 4 h ic msa c s r u h
t t i woul be i quia e f t de e ntt r t i t be i wihout pa ng t va ue
ha t
d
ne t bl or he f nda o e an he neft t
yi he l
t r of St eFa m M u ual omobieI s Co v Ph iin Gr o a a oa LLC, F. p
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Th rc r i ti c s d e n talw ar a o a ej r t c ncu e ta t Dee d n
e eo d n hs ae o s o l
o
e s n bl uy o o ld h t he fn a t
wa u j sl e c e . Th , a te iity p rh s d te pr p ry i 2 0 a d b t sd s
s nu ty mi h d
e p ris on l u c a e h o e t n 0 5 n oh i e

i u r d al stn ye r ltrwhe t y s d t hom e i 201 . Att tm e oft pur has t
nc re os e a s ae
n he ol he
n
5
he i
he c e, he

Pl n ifpr de $1 000 a t down pa e and s exe ut d a $50,000 Gi Cerii aton
aitf ovi d 20,
s he
ym nt
he c e
R
ttc i
a t tme oft 2005 pur has oft home. W he t De e
t he i
he
c e he
n he f ndan m ove outoft home i
t
d
he
n

2008,he pad t Pl i if $ 000. I t s c e t Pl ntf lve i t Fl i pr ry
i he antf 40,
n hi as , he ai if i d n he orda ope t
wihoutt Def nt f r ove 6 yea s a t Def nda c rbut s
t
he enda o
r
r nd he
e nt onti ed ome oft morga
he
t ge

pa nt . The De e nt as c rbu e $l 709. t f ciia e t cosng on t Fl i
yme s
f nda lo onti t d 0, 55 o a ltt he l i
he orda
pr ry i 2015. As umi t tt Pl ntf c n s
ope t n
s ng ha he ai if a how s c e r abe i o t De e nt
he onf red
neft n he f nda

by pr di a $1 000 l n,t r i i ufi intr or e de t s
ovi ng
20,
oa he e s ns fce ec d vi nce o how t t çtwoul be
ha t
i
d
i quia e f t de e ntt r t i t be ttwiho pa ng t val .' W he e t pa te
ne t bl or he f nda o e an he nei t ut yi he ue '
r he ris

j ity p rh s a d s l a p o ry a aj itls a d te rc r s o t Dee d n h s
onl u c a e n el r pet t on o s n h e o d h ws he f n a t a
pr ded a quat c i r ton i t f ofm oni pad t t Pl ntf, m ort
ovi
de e onsde ai n he onu
es i o he ai if
gage paym ent
s,

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n lo ng r he o e e f he o ,he u t amo l n n u t n ihme t li o
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pr ce d t t i .
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y

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ç c i or
A.
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c is
ne r he e s en

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ym nt
ne r he antf o he f nda s oa ' adi p ng
d.

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o he fnda , 2) he
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e e i I

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The r c d e de e does not s
e or vi nc
uppo t a c a m f m one l nt
r
l i or
y e .

The pa te ha
ri s ve

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tp ltd h t h litf
2 ,0 s e y he ate s h o a me t n he on
pur has of a pr ry. The Pli ifs e de e i i ufi i t s ts y t fr tpr of a
c e
ope t
antf vi nc s ns fcent o a if he is ong

mo t ln cam u d rFlrdalw (..hemo ywa d l e e t t d f n a t.I a dto ,
n y e t li n e o i a ie t
ne s ei rd o he e e d n ) n d iin
v
t Cour fnds t r c d i uf i e l es a i he t tt m o y w as i e d a a l n due t
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ti
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h f rikain n ip tdy o me a t
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pur has oft hom e
c e he
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y vi nce ai if s o how t money wa i ende asal n
he
s nt d
oa
i a trt -a te- a l ye r a trt i ta pur has The Cour doesno fnd t e e mais
s fe -he f c m is a s fe he niil c e.
t
t i hos - l

s fiin l e tbih tePli tf s$1 ,0 c n rb to t wadt ej itp r h s o teh me
u fce ty sa ls h anif 200 0 o tiu in o r h o n u c a e f h o
s fcinty e t bls t s co ee e ofa money lntcai . Acc di y, t Cour g a s
ufi e l sa ih he e nd lm nt
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or ngl he
t r nt

s mmayj d me to t emo e ln cam.
u r u g n n h n y e t li

DONE AND ORDERED i Open Cour a M i ,Fl i t s
n
t t ami orda, hi
201
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