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Parties Involved:
Venus Latres Dawson
Defendant
United States of America
Plaintiff

Document Text:

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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.

VENUS LATRES DAWSON,

 Defendant and Judgment Debtor,

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 Garnishee.

Case No.: 2:15-MC-0060-GEB-KJN 

APPLICATION FOR A FINAL ORDER OF 

CONTINUING GARNISHMENT (WAGES); 

AND ORDER THEREON

Criminal Case No.: 2:08-CR-00482-LKK 

[No Hearing Requested]

Plaintiff United States respectfully moves, pursuant to Section 3205(c)(7) of the Federal Debt 

Collections Procedure Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 3001, et seq., (the FDCPA), for a final order of continuing

wage garnishment of the defendant Venus Dawson’s non-exempt, disposable wages, earnings, and 

commissions. The United States seeks the order based on the following grounds:

1. The Clerk entered judgment against the Defendant in the underlying criminal case on 

September 2, 2009. The judgment includes an order of restitution in the amount of $52,876.10 and a

$100.00 assessment. CR ECF No. 32. The Court did not impose interest on the restitution amount.

2. Defendant’s restitution order remains unpaid; as of May 21, 2015, Defendant owes her 

victims $47,294.10. To enforce the order, the United States filed an application for writ of garnishment 

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on June 1, 2015, against the Defendant’s non-exempt wages from her employer, garnishee The Hertz 

Corporation (Hertz). Misc. ECF No. 3. The writ seeks a total of $52,023.51, representing the unpaid 

restitution ($47,294.10) plus the ten percent (10%) litigation surcharge ($4,729.41) authorized by section 

3011(a) of the FDCPA. 

3. The Clerk issued the writ of garnishment on June 2, 2015. Misc. ECF No. 5. The United 

States thereafter served Hertz with the writ and its attachments. Misc. ECF No. 4.

4. On June 8, 2015, the United States served the Defendant with a copy of the writ and its 

attachments, and notified her of her hearing rights and ability to claim exemptions. Misc. ECF No. 7. 

The United States re-served the Defendant with the writ documents on June 17, 2015 after the 

Defendant apprised the United States she had a different mailing address from the one the United States 

originally used. Misc. ECF No. 9.

5. The Defendant had 20 days from the date she received the writ documents to request a 

hearing objecting to the garnishment proceeding and to file claims of exemption. Section 3202(d), 

FDCPA. Defendant has not requested a hearing, and the time for doing so has now expired. 

6. On June 15, 2015, Hertz filed its Acknowledgment of Service and Answer of Garnishee 

(the Answer). The Answer identifies Defendant as a wage earning employee and states it served 

Defendant with a copy of the Answer on June 10, 2015. Misc. ECF No. 8.

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7. The Defendant had twenty (20) days from the date Hertz served its Answer to request a 

hearing objecting to the Answer. Section 3205(c)(5), FDCPA. Defendant has not objected to the 

Answer or requested a hearing thereon, and the time for doing so has also lapsed. 

8. All conditions to the issuance of a Final Order of Continuing Garnishment against the 

non-exempt earnings are satisfied, and accordingly, the Court can and should enter an order directing 

Hertz to pay to the Clerk of the United States District Court:

A. All non-exempt disposable wages, earnings, bonuses, and commissions presently 

being withheld pursuant to the pending writ of garnishment; and, thereafter,

B. Twenty-five percent (25%) of Defendant’s monthly non-exempt disposable 

 

1 Hertz mailed its Answer to the Defendant at the address it maintains as Defendant’s current 

mailing address (1372 Sangamore Street).

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wages, earnings, bonuses, and commissions until the earlier of the Defendant’s full satisfaction of the 

$52,023.51 debt, or the termination of the writ as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 3205(c)(10).

Respectfully submitted,

BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

DATED: July 17, 2015 By: /s/ Kurt A. Didier

KURT A. DIDIER

Assistant United States Attorney

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ORDER

The Court, having reviewed the court files and the United States’ Application for Final Order of 

Continuing Garnishment (Wages) (the Application), and finding good cause therefrom, hereby 

GRANTS the Application. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Garnishee, The Hertz Corporation (Hertz), pay at least monthly to the Clerk of the United 

States District Court, twenty-five percent (25%) of Defendant’s non-exempt disposable wages, earnings, 

commissions, bonuses, and compensation until: the judgment and surcharge amount of $52,023.51 is 

paid in full; further order of this Court; or Hertz no longer has custody, possession or control of any 

property belonging to Defendant. Hertz shall also provide the United States with written notice if the 

amount or form of compensation to Defendant changes while this order is in effect or if Hertz no longer 

has custody, possession or control of Defendant’s property. 

2. All amounts previously withheld by Hertz pursuant to the writ of garnishment shall be 

paid to the Clerk of Court within fifteen (15) days of the date this order is filed. Hertz shall also provide 

the United States a written accounting, by pay period, of the amounts withheld from Defendant’s wages 

during the period from service of the writ to the date this final order is filed.

3. All payments shall be 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. Hertz shall also state the criminal docket case number 2:08-CR-00482-LKK on the 

payment instrument and, if it desires a payment receipt, shall include a self-addressed, stamped envelope 

with the payment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 23, 2015

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