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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

Sun West Bank,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Sam S. Stafford, Inc., et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 09-80270 MISC JW

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO

TRANSFER NEVADA STATE COURT

JUDGMENT TO NORTHERN DISTRICT

OF CALIFORNIA

Presently before the Court is Plaintiff’s Applications to Transfer Nevada District Court

Judgment against Sam S. Stafford, Inc. and Sam S. Stafford, an individual, to California Northern

District Court. (hereafter, “Application,” Docket Item No. 1.) The Court construes is Application as

an attempt to register the Nevada state court judgments in the federal district court pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1963. 

Section 1963 provides that “[a] judgment in an action for the recovery of money or property

entered in any [federal] court” may be registered in another federal court “when the judgment has

become final[,]” giving the registered judgment “the same effect as a judgment of the district court

of the district where registered and may be enforced in like manner.” 28 U.S.C. § 1963. Section

1963 does not provide for registration of judgments from state courts. See W.S. Frey Co., Inc. v.

Precipitation Associates of America, Inc., 899 F. Supp. 1527, 1528-29 (W.D. Va. 1995); Atkinson v.

Kestell, 954 F. Supp. 14, 15 n. 2 (D.D.C. 1997).

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Here, Plaintiff is attempting to register a state court judgment in a federal district court. 

Since state court judgments cannot be registered in the federal courts, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s

Application.

The Clerk shall close this file.

Dated: May 5, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Reina Grace Minoya, rminoya@klinedinstlaw.com 

Dated: May 5, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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