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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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1 Stipulation and Order of Garnishment

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

KURT A. DIDIER

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2700

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for Plaintiff

United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff,

v.

CALEB COLE,

 Defendant and Judgment Debtor.

OPPENHEIMER FUNDS SERVICES,

 Garnishee.

Case No.: 1:15-MC-0015-LJO 

STIPULATION REGARDING WRIT OF

GARNISHMENT; AND ORDER THEREON

CRIMINAL CASE. NO.: 1:11-CR-00026-LJO

No Hearing Requested

Plaintiff United States and defendant Caleb Cole hereby stipulate to the resolution of the United 

States’ pending garnishment action against Defendant’s interest in his retirement account at garnishee 

Oppenheimer Funds Services (“Oppenheimer Funds”) as follows:

1. The Court convicted and sentenced Defendant in the above referenced criminal case as 

stated in the Judgment in a Criminal Case filed on August 3, 2014. CR ECF No. 366. The Judgment 

ordered Defendant to pay a $100 special assessment and $663,950 in restitution. Defendant has not paid 

the restitution in full. 

2. The United States sought, and the Clerk issued, a writ of garnishment on March 27, 2015

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against Defendant’s retirement account at Oppenheimer Funds. Misc. ECF No. 5.1.

3. Oppenheimer Funds filed and served its acknowledgement of service and answer of 

garnishee (the “Answer”) to the writ, identifying Defendant as the owner of a retirement account ending 

in numbers 9552. Misc. ECF No. 8. The Answer states the approximate value of the account as 

$20,509.44. The value is approximate as the account may be subject to dividend distributions and 

fluctuating market prices. 

4. On April 15, 2015, Defendant filed a request for hearing in this garnishment proceeding. 

Misc. ECF No. 7. The request states: “I do not understand how the disbursement will affect my federal 

taxes. If I am liable for the penalty for early withdrawal I request that amount be left for me to do so.” 

5. Following negotiations, the parties agree the United States may garnish a portion of 

Defendant’s retirement account number 9552 and that the Court can and should enter an order:

A. Garnishing 85% of the account’s value as of the date the Court signs the order 

approving this stipulation (the “Garnished Amount”; for example, if the value of account number 9552 

is still $20,509.44 at the time of signature, Oppenheimer Funds would pay $17,433.02) and directing the 

payment of this amount to the Clerk of the Court; and 

B. That upon Oppenheimer Fund’s payment of the Garnished Amount to the Clerk, 

Oppenheimer Funds may release the balance of the retirement account to Defendant’s control.

6. Defendant agrees to withdraw his previously filed request for hearing and waives any 

other objection to this proceeding. 

FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

Dated: May 27, 2015 /s/ 

KURT A. DIDIER

Assistant United States Attorney

FOR THE DEFENDANT AND JUDGMENT DEBTOR:

Dated: May 27, 2015 /s/ 

CALEB COLE, in pro per

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Order of Garnishment

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O R D E R 

The Court, having reviewed the court files and the parties’ Stipulation Regarding Writ of 

Garnishment (the Stipulation), and finding good cause therefrom, hereby APPROVES the Stipulation. 

ACCORDINGLY, the Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES and DECREES as follows: 

1. The United States’ application for an order of garnishment is GRANTED; 

2. Oppenheimer Funds shall DELIVER, within fifteen (15) days of the date of this Order, a 

cashier’s check or money order in the sum of 85% of the value of Defendant’s account ending in numbers 

9552, calculated as of the date this order is signed below (the “Garnished Amount”) and made payable to 

the “Clerk of the Court” at the Office of the Clerk, United States District Court, Eastern District of 

California, 501 I Street, Suite 4-200, Sacramento, California 95814. Oppenheimer Funds shall also state 

the docket number (Case No.: 1:11-CR-000026-LJO) on the payment instrument and, if it desires a 

payment receipt, shall include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with the payment; 

3. Upon its payment of the Garnished Amount to the Clerk, Oppenheimer Funds shall 

RELEASE its hold on the remaining monies in account number 9552; and 

4. This is a final order of garnishment; upon payment and processing of the Garnished 

Amount as ordered above, this writ shall TERMINATE pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 3205(c)(10)(B). 

SO ORDERED

Dated: May 29, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

United States District Judge

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