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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 11:101 Bankruptcy

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES OF 

AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

TIMOTHY J. LAWLER,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15 -mc-00006-SAB

ORDER FOR APPEARANCE AND

EXAMINATION OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR

TIMOTHY J. LAWLER

(ECF No. 5)

I.

INTRODUCTION

After default was entered against Defendant Lawler, on February 2, 2015, judgment was 

entered in favor of Plaintiff Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc. and against Timothy J. Lawler

in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. (ECF No. 1.) On February 4, 

2015, Plaintiff registered the foreign judgment in the Eastern District of California. (Id.) On 

March 18, 2015, Plaintiff filed a proposed order for Timothy J. Lawler to appear for examination. 

(ECF No. 5.) 

II.

DISCUSSION

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69(a)(1), "[t]he procedure on execution – and

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in proceedings supplementary to and in aid of judgment or execution – must accord with the

procedure of the state where the court is located, but a federal statute governs to the extent it

applies." “[T]he procedure on execution is to be in accordance with the procedure of the state in 

which the district court is located at the time the remedy is sought.” In re Estate of Ferdinand 

Marcos Human Rights Litigation, 536 F.3d 980, 987-88 (9th Cir. 2008). In turn, California Code 

of Civil Procedure § 708.110 provides, in relevant part:

(a) The judgment creditor may apply to the proper court for an order requiring the 

judgment debtor to appear before the court, or before a referee appointed by the 

court, at a time and place specified in the order, to furnish information to aid in 

enforcement of the money judgment.

(b) If the judgment creditor has not caused the judgment debtor to be examined 

under this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall make the order 

upon ex parte application of the judgment creditor.

(c) If the judgment creditor has caused the judgment debtor to be examined under 

this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall make the order if the 

judgment creditor by affidavit or otherwise shows good cause for the order. The 

application shall be made on noticed motion if the court so directs or a court rule 

so requires. Otherwise, it may be made ex parte.

(d) The judgment creditor shall personally serve a copy of the order on the 

judgment debtor not less than 10 days before the date set for the examination. 

Service shall be made in the manner specified in Section 415.10. Service of the 

order creates a lien on the personal property of the judgment debtor for a period of 

one year from the date of the order unless extended or sooner terminated by the 

court.

(e) The order shall contain the following statement in 14-point boldface type if 

printed or in capital letters if typed: “NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR. If you 

fail to appear at the time and place specified in this order, you may be subject to 

arrest and punishment for contempt of court and the court may make an order 

requiring you to pay the reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the judgment 

creditor in this proceeding.”

Cal Civ. Proc. Code § 708.110(a)-(e). 

California Code of Civil Procedure § 708.160(b) also provides that "[a] person sought to 

be examined may not be required to attend an examination before a court located outside the 

county in which the person resides or has a place of business unless the distance from the person's 

place of residence or place of business to the place of examination is less than 150 miles." Cal. 

Civ. Proc. Code § 708.160(b).

The Court finds that Plaintiff has satisfied the requirement of 28 U.S.C. § 1963 because

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judgment in the amount of $149,723.00 has been entered by this Court. Additionally, Plaintiff's 

application sets forth the showing required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 69(a)(2) and the 

applicable provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 708.110 and 708.160.

III.

CONCLUSION

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant/judgment debtor Timothy J. Lawler shall appear personally on 

Wednesday, June 3, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9 of the United States 

District Courthouse, located at 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721, to 

furnish information to aid in enforcement of a money judgment by answering 

questions about the Defendant/judgment debtor's real and personal property; and

2. Plaintiff/judgment creditor must serve this order upon Defendant/judgment debtor

Timothy J. Lawler personally not less than ten (10) days before the date set for the

examination and must file a certificate of such service with the Court.

NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE TIME 

AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THIS ORDER, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO ARREST 

AND PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT AND THE COURT MAY MAKE 

AN ORDER REQUIRING YOU TO PAY THE REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES 

INCURRED BY THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR IN THIS PROCEEDING.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 19, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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