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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Fraud

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Todd Burch, 

Plaintiff, 

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National Credit Union Administration in

its capacity as conservator for AEA

Federal Credit Union, 

Defendant. 

National Credit Union Administration in

its capacity as conservator for AEA

Federal Credit Union,

Counterclaimant,

vs.

Todd Burch, individually and as a marital

community with Jennifer Burch,

Counterdefendants.

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CV 11-02309-PHX-FJM

ORDER

We have before us the the National Credit Union Administration's ("NCUA") motion

for summary judgment on count two of counterclaim (doc. 38) and separate statement of

facts (doc. 39). Plaintiff/counterdefendant Todd Burch did not respond, and the time for

responding has expired.

This action arises from loans made to Burch by AEA Federal Credit Union ("AEA"),

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 Burch recorded releases for all three lis pendens on February 27, 2012. Accordingly,

we dismissed the NCUA's request for injunctive relief as moot (doc. 21).

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which was placed into a conservatorship by the NCUA in 2010. The loans were made in

connection with a number of properties Burch was developing. On February 1, 2012, Burch

recorded three notices of lis pendens relating to several of these properties. AEA purchased

the properties described in the three lis pendens at trustee's sales on February 2, 2012.

Burch's complaint, filed in September 2011, asserted claims for fraudulent

misrepresentation, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and

defamation. DSOF, ex. A. The NCUA filed a counterclaim on March 1, 2012, seeking (1)

an injunction requiring plaintiff to release each lis pendens, and (2) damages under A.R.S.

§ 33-420(A) (doc. 15).1

The NCUA now moves for summary judgment on its counterclaim for damages,

requesting statutory damages of $15,000. Because no response was filed, we construe the

lack of a response as a concession and grant the motion summarily. See LRCiv 7.2(i) ("if.

. . counsel does not serve and file the required answering memoranda. . . such noncompliance may be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the Court

may dispose of the motion summarily").

IT IS ORDERED GRANTING the NCUA's motion for summary judgment on count

two of counterclaim (doc. 38). The Clerk shall enter judgment for the NCUA on its

counterclaim for damages under A.R.S. § 33-420(A) in the amount of $15,000.

All the claims of all the parties having been resolved, this action is terminated.

DATED this 3rd day of July, 2012.

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