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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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STIPULATED JUDGMENT IN INTERPLEADER 

AND ORDER RE TRANSFER OF PROCEEDS 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MERIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

LIDIA CARRASCO, LIDIA TREJO, 

SORAYA TREJO, JOSHUA DE LA 

GARZA, a minor, DAVID DE LA GARZA, 

ROBERTO DE LA GARZA, JOSE DE LA 

GARZA III, BLANCA ESTELE DE LA 

GARZA, and THE ESTATE OF JOSE DE 

LA GARZA, JR. 

 Defendants. 

New Case No. 1:05-cv-1199 OWW LJO 

Old Case No. 1:05-cv-1199 REC SMS 

Assigned to the Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

STIPULATED JUDGMENT IN 

INTERPLEADER AND ORDER RE 

TRANSFER OF PROCEEDS 

Having reviewed the parties’ Stipulation And Order For Entry Of Judgment In 

Interpleader; Transfer Of Proceeds, and it appearing that plaintiff Merit Life Insurance 

Company (“Merit Life”) has brought this action in interpleader, that this Court has 

jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject herein, and that good cause appears 

therefore, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 

1. Merit Life properly filed its Complaint in Interpleader herein, and this is 

a proper cause for interpleader; 

2. By reason of the death of Jose De La Garza, Jr. (the “Decedent”) on or 

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STIPULATED JUDGMENT IN INTERPLEADER 

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about September 23, 2004, the sum of $50,000.00 (the "Insurance Proceeds") became 

payable under Merit Life’s accidental death and dismemberment insurance policy 

number D05000000045481 (the "Policy"); 

3. The Carrasco Defendants and the De La Garza Defendants each claim all 

or some portion of the Insurance Proceeds, and no other person or entity has made a 

claim to those Insurance Proceeds; 

4. Having deposited the Insurance Proceeds, plus interest, with the Clerk of 

the United States District Court in and for the Eastern District of California in 

September 2005 (which funds now are on deposit with the registry of this Court), 

Merit Life and its agents be and hereby are released, discharged and acquitted of and 

from any liability of any kind or nature whatsoever under the Policy; 

5. Merit Life be and hereby is awarded the sum of $4,500.00 for its 

reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred in connection with this action and the 

Clerk of this Court be and hereby is directed to pay such amount, from and out of the 

funds deposited herein, by check made payable to “Merit Life Insurance Company” 

and delivered to Merit Life’s attorneys of record; 

6. The Carrasco Defendants and the De La Garza Defendants be and hereby 

are compelled to interplead or settle among themselves their respective rights or 

claims to the remaining Insurance Proceeds; 

7. Upon the Court’s payment of the sum described in paragraph 5, above, 

and upon the entry of this Stipulated Judgment and Order, Merit Life be and hereby is 

dismissed from this action without further cost to any party; 

8. Upon the Court’s payment of the sum described in paragraph 5, above, 

and upon the entry of this Stipulated Judgment and Order, and the dismissal of Merit 

Life from this action, this action be transferred, or re-filed as a declaratory relief 

action, with related case number 1:05-cv-05-00846 OWW LJO to/in the California 

Superior Court in and for the County of Kern. 

9. As to the insurance proceeds of $50,000.00 plus interest deposited with 

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the Clerk of the United States District Court described in paragraph 4, above, upon the 

re-filing or transfer of this case to the California Superior Court in and for the County 

of Kern, and payment of the sum described in paragraph 5, above, the Clerk of the 

United States District Court shall transfer the remaining proceeds to the following 

account: 

Morgan Stanley Account No. 117-038141-033 

5601 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93309 

Telephone (661) 322-3971 

10. These funds shall be used to purchase United States Treasury Bills in the 

amount so transferred and shall be held in the names of Timothy Lemucchi, State Bar 

No. 038612-0, attorney for the Carrasco defendants, and Jay P. Renneisen, State Bar 

No. 173531, attorney for the De la Garza defendants; 

11. This account shall not be paid out or otherwise distributed without a 

settlement or judgment or order of the Kern County Superior Court. 

ORDER

IT IS SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED. 

DATED: March 20, 2006 By: /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

United States District Judge 

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