Republic Bank v. Ethos Environmental

Filing 79

MEMORANDUM DECISION granting 76 Motion to Substitute Party. Mazuma Capital added as Plaintiff, Regeneca added as Defendant ; granting 76 Motion to Amend/Correct Final Judgment. Signed by Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells on 06/01/2012. (asp)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF UTAH, CENTRAL DIVISION
REPUBLIC BANK, INC.,
a Utah corporation,
Plaintiff,

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
GRANTING MOTION FOR
SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES AND
AMENDMENT OF FINAL JUDGMENT

v.
Case No. 1:09-cv-24 BCW
ETHOS ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.,
a California corporation,
Magistrate Judge Brooke Wells
Defendant.

Before the Court is Plaintiff Assignee Mazuma Capital Corp. (Mazuma’s) Motion for
Substitution of Parties and Amendment of Final Judgment. 1 Mazuma moves pursuant to Rule
25(c) which allows for substitution of parties when a transfer of interest occurs. This Rule states:
Transfer of Interest. If an interest is transferred, the action may be continued by
or against the original party unless the court, on motion, orders the transferee to
be substituted in the action or joined with the original party. The motion must be
served as provided in Rule 25(a)(3). 2
Based upon the filings of Mazuma in support of its motion, the Court finds that the requirements
of service under Rule 25(a)(3) have been met. 3
On June 13, 2011, Ethos Environmental Inc., filed a Form 8-K with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission along with a press release noting that it had changed its

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Docket no. 76.

2

Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(c) (2011).

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Mazuma filed the instant motion on April 20, 2012, and as of the date of this decision there has been no opposition
filed. Local Rule 7-1(d) provides that the Court may grant a motion if there is no opposition filed. See DUCivR 71(d) (2011). Thus, failure to file any opposition is another independent basis for the Court to grant Mazuma’s
motion. Although a response to the motion is not necessary, it is helpful to the Court when a party files a notice that
it does not oppose a motion rather than remain quiet by not filing any documentation.

corporate name from Ethos to Regeneca, Inc. 4 On approximately March 9, 2012, Republic Bank
Inc., assigned to Mazuma all of its rights and interests in the Final Judgment. 5 Therefore, in light
of the assignment of rights in this suit from original Plaintiff Republic to Mazuma, and the
merger and name change of original Defendant Ethos to Regeneca, the Court finds Mazuma’s
request for substitution of parties under Rule 25 is well taken.
ORDER
Accordingly, for those reasons fully set forth in Mazuma’s memorandum in support of its
motion, finding good cause shown, and pursuant to Rule 25(c), the Court GRANTS Mazuma’s
Motion for Substitution of Parties and Amendment of Final Judgment. The Clerk of the Court is
directed to make the necessary changes to the Final Judgment and all future pleadings are to
reflect the substitutions.

DATED this 1 June 2012.

Brooke C. Wells
United States Magistrate Judge

4

See Mem. in sup. Exs. A, B, and C.

5

See id. Ex. E.

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