United States of America v. 129 Reservoir Ridge Drive, Cullowhee, NC

Filing 23

ORDER granting 19 Motion to Substitute Party. Flagstart Bank, FSB added. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. terminated. Signed by Magistrate Judge W. Carleton Metcalf on 5/23/2019. (khm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
ASHEVILLE DIVISION
1:18 CV 117
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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REAL PROPERTY which is physically
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located at 129 Reservoir Ridge Drive in
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Cullowhee, North Carolina, and more
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particularly described in a document at
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Book 1898, Pages 775-777 in the office of the )
Register of Deeds for Jackson County, North )
Carolina,
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Defendant.
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ORDER

This matter is before the Court on a Motion to Substitute Party (Doc. 19) in which
Flagstar Bank, FSB (“Flagstar”) requests that it be substituted as a Claimant in the place
of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase”), which previously filed a petition to determine
its interest in the subject property (Doc. 12). Chase consents to the requested substitution,
and the Government does not oppose it. Id. at 2.
For the reasons stated in the Motion and as further explained in Flagstar’s
Supplement to Motion to Substitute Party (Doc. 22), and without objection, the request will
be allowed.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT the Motion to Substitute Party (Doc. 19)
is GRANTED, and Flagstar Bank, FSB is hereby SUBSTITUTED for JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. as a Claimant in this action.

Signed: May 23, 2019