BLACH v. DIAZ-VERSON

Filing 467

ORDER granting 466 Motion for Disbursement of Funds. The Clerk shall disburse to Diaz-Verson the entire amount held in the registry, including any interest that has accrued, unless Blach files a motion for disbursement within fourteen days demonstrating that some of the garnished funds should be disbursed to him. Ordered by US DISTRICT JUDGE CLAY D LAND on 08/20/2019 (CCL)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
COLUMBUS DIVISION
HAROLD BLACH,

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Plaintiff,

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vs.

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SAL DIAZ-VERSON,

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Defendant.

CASE NO. 4:15-MC-5 (CDL)

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O R D E R
Harold Blach held a judgment for $158,343.40 against Sal
Diaz-Verson.

He registered the judgment in this Court.

Diaz-

Verson’s former employer, AFLAC Inc., makes bimonthly payments
to

Diaz-Verson,

twenty-five

percent

of

which

is

subject

to

garnishment.

Blach filed a series of applications for writs of

garnishment,

with

the

most

recent

two

filed

after

Aflac

deposited into the Court’s registry sufficient funds to cover
most of the outstanding balance of Blach’s judgment but before
the Court ordered disbursement of those funds.

See Application

for Writ of Garnishment (Apr. 16, 2019), ECF No. 448 (asserting
that

the

outstanding

principal

balance

was

$38,524.62,

with

$1,241.71 of the garnished funds received to date applied to
costs); Application for Writ of Garnishment (May 16, 2019), ECF
No. 457 (same).
Blach.

In

The Court has since disbursed $37,058.02 to
all,

Blach

has

received

disbursements

of

approximately $151,000.00 from this Court, plus disbursements of
approximately $9,200.00 from other courts.
The Court holds $27,377.32 in its registry pursuant to the
writs of garnishment that were issued on April 18, 2019 (ECF No.
449) and May 29, 2019 (ECF No. 460).

Based on Blach’s past

representations, the remaining principal balance of his judgment
is less than $250.00.1

Diaz-Verson filed a motion to restore the

excess funds to him.

Blach did not oppose the motion, and he

has not filed a motion for disbursement of the remaining balance
of his judgment.
funds.

There is no third-party claim to the garnished

Therefore, Diaz-Verson’s motion to restore excess funds

(ECF No. 466) is granted.

The Clerk shall disburse to Diaz-

Verson the entire amount held in the registry, including any
interest

that

has

accrued,

unless

Blach

files

a

motion

for

disbursement within fourteen days demonstrating that some of the
garnished funds should be disbursed to him.
IT IS SO ORDERED, this 20th day of August, 2019.
s/Clay D. Land
CLAY D. LAND
CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

1

Blach asserted that he is entitled to recover costs of $1,241.71.
The Court ordered that if Blach wished to receive the costs, “he
should provide the Court with authority for his assertion that the
costs he seeks are recoverable under the law, and he should provide an
affidavit along with documentation of those costs.
Order 7 (May 21,
2019), ECF No. 458.
Blach has not provided the Court with any
authority or an affidavit with documentation of the costs.

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