Volunteer Energy Services, Inc. v. Option Energy, LLC at al

Filing 212

OPINION denying as moot Option's objections to writs of garnishment and requests for a temporary restraining order (Dkt. Nos. 188, 189, 191, 201) ; signed by Judge Robert Holmes Bell (Judge Robert Holmes Bell, kcb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

VOLUNTEER ENERGY SERVICES INC.,
Plaintiff,
File No. 1:11-CV-554
v.
HON. ROBERT HOLMES BELL
OPTION ENERGY LLC, JONATHAN
ROCKWOOD, and IVAN PILLARS,
Defendants.
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ORDER
This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Option Energy LLC’s (“Option”)
objections to writs of garnishment and requests for a temporary restraining order. (Dkt. Nos.
188, 189, 191, 201.) Option filed these objections in order to protect its rights prior to this
Court’s decision on Option’s motion to stay proceedings to enforce judgment pending appeal.
(Dkt. No. 187.) This Court denied Option’s motion to stay by order dated March 5, 2014.
(Dkt. No. 210.) In light of this order, the basis for Option’s objections to garnishment and
its request for a temporary restraining order have been rendered moot.1 Accordingly,

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Option’s fifth objection includes a new argument that commissions owed to Option’s
independent contractor brokers are exempt from garnishment. (Dkt. No. 208.) Because the
Court’s March 5, 2014, order did not address this argument, Option’s fifth objection is not
rendered moot by the Court’s March 5, 2014, order.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Option’s objections to writs of garnishment and
requests for a temporary restraining order (Dkt. Nos. 188, 189, 191, 201) are DENIED AS
MOOT.

Dated: March 14, 2014

/s/ Robert Holmes Bell
ROBERT HOLMES BELL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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