USA v. Gutierrez et al
Filing
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OPINION entered by Chief Judge Michael P. McCuskey on 10/25/2011. Defendant's Petition 53 is granted. The clerk of this court is directed to turn over the surplus funds held in the Court Registry Fund to the Circuit Court of Coles County, Illinois. See written opinion. (JMW, ilcd) Modified on 10/25/2011 to show this document as an opinion. (JMW, ilcd)
E-FILED
Tuesday, 25 October, 2011 04:35:23 PM
Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
URBANA DIVISION
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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Case No. 09-CV-2207
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REBECCA GUTIERREZ, et al.,
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Defendants.
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OPINION
This case is before the court for ruling on the Petition for Turnover of Surplus Funds
and Other Relief (#53) filed by Defendants Wanda Bapp, Susan Colleen Lee and Morris
Runner. The Petition (#53) is GRANTED.
BACKGROUND
The Government filed its Complaint (#1) in this foreclosure case on August 26, 2009.
On September 17, 2010, this court entered an Order (#40) and entered default judgment in
favor of the Government and against Defendants. This court’s Order (#40) stated that the
amount due from Defendants was $21,931.49 as of 9/14/2010, exclusive of foreclosure costs.
Judgment (#41) was entered in favor of the Government and against all Defendants on
September 17, 2010. A United States Marshal’s Report of Sale (#49) was filed on March 7,
2011. The Report of Sale stated that the total amount due as of the date of the sale,
1/27/2011, was $21,952.61. The Report of Sale also stated that the costs of the sale totaled
$5,030.25, for a total amount of indebtedness of $26,982.96. In addition, the Report of Sale
stated that the amount bid at the sale was $30,500.00 so that the amount of the surplus, minus
interest accrued from the date of the sale to the date of distribution, was $3,517.14. A
hearing was held on March 29, 2011, and this court entered a Decree Confirming United
States Marshal’s Report of Sale (#51). The Decree stated that the Report of Sale was
approved and the sale was confirmed. The Decree also stated that “[a]ll surplus funds
remaining after distribution of the mortgage sales proceeds shall be distributed by the United
States Marshals Service to the Clerk of this Court to be deposited into the Court Registry
Fund to be held therein without interest until further order of court.”
PETITION FOR TURNOVER
As noted, on October 3, 2011, Defendants Bapp, Lee and Runner filed a Petition for
Turnover of Surplus Funds and Other Relief (#53). Defendants stated that there is pending
in the circuit court of Coles County, Illinois, a partition proceeding with regard to the real
estate which was the subject of this foreclosure proceeding. Defendants stated that the
partition proceeding was suspended and held in abeyance at the request of the Government
after the Government’s foreclosure action was filed in this court. Defendants stated that the
surplus funds reflected in the United States Marshal’s Report of Sale should be distributed
and turned over to the Circuit Clerk of Coles County, Illinois, for distribution pursuant to any
orders entered by the Circuit Court of Coles County in Cause No. 09-CH-32. Defendants
asked this court to “enter an order directing the turnover of the surplus funds in this
foreclosure proceeding, and that such funds be paid over to the Circuit Clerk of Coles
County, Illinois, to be held pursuant to further order of the Circuit Court of Coles County,
Illinois in Cause No. 09-CH-32.” Defendants also asked this court to award “additional relief
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as may be just and proper in the circumstances.”
The Government has not filed a response to Defendants’ Petition and no other
Defendant has filed any opposition to the Petition.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
(1) Defendants’ Petition for Turnover of Surplus Funds and Other Relief (#53) is
GRANTED.
(2) The clerk of this court is directed to turn over the surplus funds held in the Court
Registry Fund to the Circuit Court of Coles County, Illinois. The surplus funds are to be held
by the Circuit Court of Coles County until an order setting out the proper distribution of the
funds is entered by the Circuit Court of Coles County, Illinois, in Cause No. 09-CH-32.
(3) This court concludes that no further relief is necessary in this case.
ENTERED this 25th day of October, 2011
s/ Michael P. McCuskey
MICHAEL P. McCUSKEY
CHIEF U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
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