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Parties Involved:
A. M.
Defendant
Ingerlisha Martinez
Defendant
Andrea Morgan
Defendant
D. P.
Defendant
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Plaintiff

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CANDICE L. FIELDS, SBN 172174 

CANDICE FIELDS LAW 

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 802 

Sacramento, California 95814 

Telephone: (916) 414-8050 

Facsimile: (916) 790-9450 

cfields@candicefieldslaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendant A.M., A Minor 

Appearing Through Guardian Ad Litem 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

A.M, a minor; D.P., a minor; ANDREA 

MORGAN in her personal capacity; 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother and 

next friend of the minor child A.M.; and 

ANDREA MORGAN, in her capacity as 

mother and next friend of the minor child 

D.P.; 

Defendants. 

No. 2:13-cv-00820-MCE-AC 

ORDER RE: APPROVAL OF STATE 

COURT ORDER AND DISBURSEMENT OF 

FUNDS 

 

 On April 26, 2013, An Interpleader Complaint was filed by The Prudential 

Insurance Company of America (“Prudential”) to resolve a dispute regarding life insurance 

proceeds governed by federal law. 

 On December 23, 2014, this Court issued an Order approving the proposed 

settlement of the claims of the minors D.P. and A.M. See Order, ECF 63. The Order 

includes the following statement regarding disbursement of the minor A.M.’s funds: 

Upon receipt and approval of a properly fashioned state court order, the 

Court shall direct the Clerk to disburse funds deposited into the Court’s 

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Registry (Order, ECF 44), as follows: The Remaining Death Benefit plus accrued interest, less $50,000, to the registry of the Fifth Judicial District 

Court In And For The Parish Of Richland – State of Louisiana. 

Order, ECF 63. 

 On February 21, 2015, an order signed by the Hon. Terry A. Doughty, Judge, 5th 

Judicial District, Richland Parish, LA (“state court order”) was filed with this Court. See ECF 

64-1. 

Pursuant to L.R. 202(e), this Court finds that the state court order, and the distribution 

plan mandated therein, properly protects the minor A.M. and her money now deposited in 

the Registry of this Court. The Court hereby approves the state court order. 

 The Court directs the Clerk to disburse funds deposited by Prudential into the Court’s 

Registry on May 7, 2014, (see Receipt No. CAE200059841 in the total amount of 

$206,957.47 fbo Prudential), less the sum of $50,000 payable as attorneys’ fee s to attorney 

Candice Fields, as follows: 

All deposited funds, less $50,000, to the registry of the Fifth Judicial District 

Court In And For The Parish Of Richland – State Of Louisiana, on the account 

of Docket No. 8879 (In Re: Tutorship of A.M. (redacted)). According to 

attorney Fields, the payee address is Clerk of Court, Richland Parish 

Courthouse, P.O. Box 119, Rayville, Louisiana, 71269. 

 The Clerk is further directed to include with the disbursement 1) the state court order 

on file with this Court as Docket No. 64-1; and 2) correspondence from attorney Fields to 

the Clerk of Court, Richland Parish Courthouse, on file with the Court as Docket No. 64-2. T

 The remaining $50,000.00 shall be distributed by the Clerk to attorney Fields on proof 

that the remainder of the settlement funds, less other disbursements as authorized by the 

state court order, have been deposited within 20 days following their receipt in a blocked 

interest-bearing account held with a banking institution that is insured with the Federal 

Deposit Insurance Company until A.M. reaches 18 years of age. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 28, 2015 

 

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