United States Trustee v. Institute of Personal Wealth Credit Counselors International et al

Filing 19

ORDER OF DISMISSAL by Judge Ricardo S Martinez. (PM) cc: Lanahan and Tift via U.S. Mail; Bankruptcy Court via ECF, Tessa Gorman via email

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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In Re:
DUANE ROWETT and REBECCA
ROWETT,

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Debtors.

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UNITED STATES TRUSTEE

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Plaintiff,
v.

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INSTITUTE OF PERSONAL WEALTH
CREDIT COUNSELORS
INTERNATIONAL, GREGORY S. TIFT,
and JENNIE LEE LANAHAN,

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Defendants.

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) CASE NO. C15-1028RSM
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This matter initially came before this Court on the United States Trustee’s Motion for

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Withdrawal of Reference, asking this Court to take jurisdiction over this bankruptcy matter in

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order to institute further proceedings against Gregory S. Tift to find him in criminal contempt,

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and to impose appropriate criminal contempt sanctions. Dkt. #1. Mr. Tift objected to the

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motion, essentially arguing that he had not engaged in the conduct of which he had been
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accused. Dkts. #5 and #6. Ultimately, the Court granted the U.S. Trustee’s motion, and the
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reference of proceedings related to the U.S. Trustee’s request for criminal sanctions against Mr.

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Tift was withdrawn from the bankruptcy court. Dkt. #7. The Court then requested that a

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prosecutor from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of

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Washington be appointed to investigate and prosecute the matter. Id.

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The investigation of this matter is now complete. The United States Attorney for the
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Western District of Washington has concluded that it should not pursue criminal charges

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against Mr. Tift related to the issues raised by the United States Trustee in this case.

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Accordingly, this matter is now DISMISSED and the case in this Court is CLOSED.

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The Clerk SHALL forward a copy of this Order to the United States Bankruptcy Court

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for the Western District of Washington and to Criminal Chief Tessa Gorman of the Office of
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the United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington.
DATED this 27th day of January, 2017.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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