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Parties Involved:
Chicago Title Company
Plaintiff
City of Fresno Department of Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization
Defendant
Habitat for Humanity
Defendant
Cecil Morris
Defendant
Reba Morris
Defendant
United States of America
Defendant

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

PAUL S. HAM

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 683

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044-0683

Telephone: (202) 307-6421

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054

Attorneys for the United States of America

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY, a California

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

CECIL MORRIS, an individual; REBA

MORRIS, an individual; HABITAT FOR

HUMANITY, a business entity, form

unknown, CITY OF FRESNO

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION;

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BY AND

THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE

TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE

SERVICE, and DOES 1 to 20, inclusive,

Defendants.

 

Civil No. 1:07-cv-00285-LJO-DLB

[Superior Court of California, County of 

Fresno, Case No. 06 CE CG 03524]

UNITED STATES FIRST AMENDED

REQUEST FOR TRANSFER AND

DEPOSIT OF EXCESS PROCEEDS

INTO THIS COURT’S REGISTRY, and 

 ORDER 

The United States, through undersigned counsel, hereby requests that the excess proceeds from a

foreclosure sale be transferred from the Superior Court of California, Fresno County (“Superior Court”)

and deposited into this Court’s Registry until the parties’ claims in this action are resolved. In support

thereof, the United States state as follows:

1. On or about October 23, 2006, plaintiff Chicago Title Company (“Plaintiff”) filed its

Complaint in Interpleader, case no. 06 CE CG 03524, with the Superior Court. Plaintiff, in its

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Complaint, alleges that defendants are potential claimants to surplus proceeds, in the amount of

$148,300, that were generated after Plaintiff, as trustee, sold certain real property located in Fresno,

California. 

2. On February 21, 2007, the United States removed this action from the Superior Court to

the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. The United States removed this

action as a matter of right pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1444 and 2410(a).

3. Since this case has been removed, the excess proceeds should be transferred from the

Superior Court and deposited into and held by this Court’s Registry until the defendants’ claims are

resolved.

4. Once the proposed Order (submitted herewith) is approved by the Court, the United States

will file a request with the Superior Court, requesting that the funds held in connection with the action be

transferred and deposited with this Court’s Registry based upon the Order.

WHEREFORE, the United States prays that the excess proceeds currently held by the Superior

Court of California, Fresno County be transferred and deposited into this Court’s Registry.

Respectfully submitted this 25 day of September, 2007. th

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

 /s/ - Paul Ham 

PAUL S. HAM

Trial Attorney, Tax Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Post Office Box 683

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044

Telephone: (202) 307-6421

Facsimile: (202) 307-0054

Attorneys for the United States

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ORDER 

This Court having read and considered the United States’ Request for Transfer And Deposit of

Excess Proceeds Into This Court’s Registry and good cause being shown,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Request is granted and the United States shall file a request

with the Superior Court of California, Fresno County, requesting that the Superior Court transfer and

deposit the excess proceeds into this Court’s registry as follows:

1. The amount currently held by the Superior Court, $148,300 and all accrued interest, in

relation to the above-captioned case should be sent by check to this Court.

2. The check shall be made payable to the United States District Court with the notation

“USDC Civil No. 1:07-cv-00285-LJO-DLB” and mailed, along with a copy of this Order, to:

Victoria Minor, Clerk

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

501 “I” Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 26, 2007 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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