CresCom Bank v. Terry et al

Filing 94

ORDER granting 93 Motion to Vacate. Signed by Honorable Patrick Michael Duffy on 3/22/2016.(adeh, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CHARLESTON DIVISION
CresCom Bank, successor by merger to
Community FirstBank ,

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Plaintiff,
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Edward L. Terry; Harris Street, LLC, n/k/a )
CCT Reserve, LLC; Sugarloaf Marketplace, )
LLC; and CCT Reserve, LLC ,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 2:12-cv-00063-PMD
ORDER

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Edward L. Terry’s motion for relief pursuant
to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60 (ECF No. 93). Terry asks the Court to amend its prior
damages award and to vacate a writ of execution that is based upon that award. For the reasons
stated herein, the Court grants Terry’s motion.
In 2013, the Court granted Plaintiff CresCom Bank summary judgment and entered a money
judgment of damages in the amount of $2,171,211.04. However, the Court denied CresCom’s
request for attorney’s fees. Both CresCom and Terry appealed.
In May 2015, the Fourth Circuit substantially affirmed this Court’s order granting CresCom
summary judgment but vacated the award of a late fee on the full outstanding principal. CresCom
Bank v. Terry, 610 F. App’x 221, 226–33 (4th Cir. 2015). Therefore, as to Terry’s appeal, the
Fourth Circuit directed this Court to reduce CresCom’s award by $183,601.49. Id. at 233. As to
CresCom’s cross-appeal, the Fourth Circuit reversed this Court’s denial of CresCom’s request for
attorney’s fees it incurred by participating in related bankruptcy proceedings. Accordingly, the
Fourth Circuit remanded the matter with instructions to award CresCom attorney’s fees stemming
from its participation in those proceedings. Id. at 236.

On remand, the Court directed the parties to supplement the record so that it could determine
the amount attorney’s fees allocable to the bankruptcy proceedings. Instead, CresCom withdrew its
claim for attorney’s fees. In light of that, the Court took no further action until March 2016, when
CresCom asked the Court to issue a writ of execution against Terry. In connection with that
request, CresCrom provided a proposed writ stating that the judgment amount against Terry is
$2,171,211.04—the amount that this Court awarded before the Fourth Circuit. The Court signed
the proposed writ.
Terry then filed his Rule 60 motion, arguing that the writ misstates the amount of the
judgment against him. He asks the Court to vacate the writ and to enter an order amending the
damages award to conform to the Fourth Circuit’s opinion.
When a court’s oversight or omission leads to a mistake in a judgment, an order, or other
parts of the record, Rule 60(a) allows the court to correct the mistake. Here, the Court did not enter
a formal, written order carrying out the Fourth Circuit’s directive to reduce the damages award.
That omission led to the mistaken issuance of an execution writ that is technically accurate, in that it
matches the amount of damages listed on the Court’s judgment, but is nonetheless inconsistent with
the Fourth Circuit’s decision.
For the reasons stated above, it is ordered that Terry’s motion is GRANTED. This Court’s
November 25, 2013 damages order (ECF No. 73) is hereby AMENDED to reduce the previous
award of $2,171,211.04 by $183,601.49, such that CresCom’s total award is $1,987,609.55. An
amended judgment shall be issued to supersede the judgment entered on November 26, 2013 (ECF
No. 74). The amended judgment shall be considered effective as of November 26, 2013. The postjudgment interest rate from the original judgment shall apply.

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It is FURTHER ORDERED that this Court’s March 10, 2013 writ of execution (ECF No.
91) is hereby VACATED.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.

March 22, 2016
Charleston, South Carolina

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