The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company v. Holcombe et al

Filing 8

ORDER granting 3 Motion For Leave To Retain Funds Subject To Legal Hold. Signed by District Judge Martin Reidinger on 05/29/2017. (emw)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
CIVIL CASE NO. 1:17-cv-00120-MR

THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,

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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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NICOLE HOLCOMBE WILSON and
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JANET WELLS, as Administrator of )
the ESTATE OF WESLEY A. WELLS, )
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Defendants.
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ORDER

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave
to Retain Funds Subject to Legal Hold [Doc. 3].
For the reasons stated by the Plaintiff, and good cause shown,
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to
Retain Funds Subject to Legal Hold [Doc. 3] is GRANTED. The Plaintiff shall
retain and administer the Accounts which are the subject of this interpleader
action, subject to a legal hold preventing distribution of the funds in the
Accounts until the Court issues an Order identifying the proper recipient(s)
and instructing the Plaintiff as to the proper owner of the funds.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Signed: May 29, 2017

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