Teledyne Technologies Incorporated v. Shekar

Filing 335

MEMORANDUM Opinion and Order Signed by the Honorable Ronald A. Guzman on 8/17/2017: The defendant has filed a motion to stay the enforcement of this Court's money judgment pending his appeal. For the reasons given below, the motion 325 is gran ted conditioned upon the defendant's filing of a supersedeas bond in the full amount of the judgment ($441,617.38) plus one year's interest and $500.00 in conformance with Local Rule 62.1. [For further details see Statement]. Mailed notice(is, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES
INCORPORATED,
Plaintiff,
v.
RAJ SHEKAR,
Defendant.

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No. 15-cv-1392
Judge Ronald A. Guzmán

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The defendant has filed a motion to stay the enforcement of this Court’s money judgment
pending his appeal. For the reasons given below, the motion [325] is granted conditioned upon
the defendant’s filing of a supersedeas bond in the full amount of the judgment ($441,617.38)
plus one year’s interest and $500.00 in conformance with Local Rule 62.1.
STATEMENT
In his filings, which he affirmed at the initial court hearing on this motion on July 11,
2017, Mr. Shekar alleges that he is in a state of financial ruin and has limited financial resources
or assets. He claims he will be forced to file bankruptcy prior to the conclusion of the citation
proceedings in this case. Unfortunately, his only support for these contentions is his own
affidavit. His motion includes no independent documentation or corroboration regarding his
finances, specifically his current assets and liabilities. As the Court pointed out at the hearing,
Mr. Shekar’s factual allegations have proven to be wholly unreliable in the past. For this reason,
the Court directed Mr. Shekar to provide opposing counsel with documentary evidence
supporting his assertions so that the plaintiff could verify Mr. Shekar’s assertions of pending
insolvency. To date, Mr. Shekar has produced no such documentation.
In view of this lack of documentation, the Court is not convinced that Mr. Shekar’s
financial situation is as he alleges. In addition, judging from the manner in which Mr. Shekar has
conducted himself to date, the plaintiff will be faced with an extremely difficult collection
process, which the defendant will likely do his best to impede in every way possible. As fully
detailed in previous filings in this case, Mr. Shekar has falsely denied the existence of documents
and objects, and misrepresented material facts on occasions almost too numerous to count. There
is no reason to believe he will conduct himself otherwise during collection proceedings.
On the other hand, if Mr. Shekar’s allegations of financial ruin are accurate, it appears
obvious that there will be insufficient assets to satisfy the money judgment in full. It is therefore
necessary to protect the plaintiff by requiring Mr. Shekar to post a bond in the full amount of the
judgment in lieu of the commencement of collection proceedings. Should the defendant’s appeal

be denied, the plaintiff will have lost valuable time in identifying and preserving any assets that
may currently exist. That would be unfair. This Court can think of no reason to support a waiver
of bond in this case. Indeed, Mr. Shekar has not even addressed the issue in his pleadings. If
anything, this is precisely the type of case that requires either that the motion to stay be denied or
that the granting of the motion be conditioned upon the filing of the bond as specified in the
Court’s Local Rule 62.1. Mr. Shekar has 10 days from the date of this order to file the required
bond before enforcement proceedings may be commenced.

SO ORDERED.

ENTERED: August 17, 2017

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RONALD A. GUZMAN
United States District Judge

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