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Parties Involved:
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Kendall M. Goggins
Defendant
Perry Gory
Defendant

Document Text:

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RONALD K. ALBERTS, ESQ. (SBN 100017) 

BERGER KAHN 

A Law Corporation 

Mail Service: 

 Post Office Box 92621 

 Los Angeles, CA 90009-9998 

Location: 

 4215 Glencoe Avenue, 2nd Floor 

 Marina del Rey, CA 90292-5634 

Tel: (310) 821-9000 • Fax: (310) 578-6178 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Aetna Life Insurance Company 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AETNA LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

KENDALL M. GOGGINS, an 

Individual, and PERRY GORY, an 

Individual 

Defendants. 

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CASE NO. 05-cv-00722-OWW-LJO 

REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL AND 

ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF 

FUNDS INTERPLED PURSUANT TO 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND 

DECLARATION OF RONALD K. 

ALBERTS, IN SUPPORT THEREOF 

 

TO THE COURT: 

Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company (“Aetna”) deposited the sum of 

$35,500 with this court together with its complaint in interpleader. During the 

course of the service of the summons and complaint, Aetna entered into 

negotiations with the named defendants, Kendall M. Goggins and Perry Gory, 

claimants to life insurance benefits. Following numerous conversations, Messrs. 

Goggins and Gory have agreed to equally divide the sums which were interpled, 

including any interest accrued thereon. Therefore, Aetna hereby requests that this 

court issue an order directing the clerk to issue two checks, in equal amounts, 

dividing the principal sums deposited plus any and all interest, and deliver said 

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checks, one made payable to Perry Gory and one made payable to Kendall M. 

Goggins, to counsel for Aetna Life Insurance Company. Followng the issuance by 

the Clerk of the aforementioned payments, Plaintiff hereby requests, pursuant to 

FRCP 41(a)(1) that this action be dismissed. In support of said request for this 

order as well as the request for dismissal of this action, Aetna is concurrently filing 

the Declaration of Ronald K. Alberts. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: September ___, 2005 BERGER KAHN 

A Law Corporation 

By:________________________________ 

RONALD K. ALBERTS 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Aetna Life Insurance Company 

ORDER

It is hereby ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court issue two checks, one 

payable to Perry A. Gory and the other payable to Kendall M. Goggins, in identical 

amounts, splitting the proceeds of the amount deposited by Aetna Life insurance 

Company, plus any and all accrued interest. Thereafter, the Clerk is directed to 

deliver such checks to counsel for Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company, to be 

delivered to the named defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

September 20, 2005 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

___________________________ 

 Judge, United States District Court

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DECLARATION OF RONALD K. ALBERTS

I, RONALD K. ALBERTS, declare: 

1. I am an attorney at law licensed to practice before the courts of this 

state, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of 

California. 

2. I am counsel of record for Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company in 

this action. 

3. In the course of the service of the summons and complaint in this 

action on the two named defendants, I engaged in numerous discussions which led 

to the two defendants providing me with the Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 

“A”, that provides for dividing the proceeds equally between them. 

4. Therefore, I have filed with this Court the attached Request for 

Dismissal and Order Directing Issuance of Funds Interpled. As counsel for 

Plaintiff, Aetna Life Insurance Company, I have requested that the Court issue an 

order dividing the proceeds plus any and all accrued interest evenly between the 

two named defendants for my delivery to them, and thereafter dismissing this 

action. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of 

America that the foregoing is true and correct according to my personal knowledge 

and if called as a witness I would so testify. 

Executed this 16th day of September, 2005, at Marina del Rey, California. 

 ________________________________ 

RONALD K. ALBERTS

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AFFIDAVIT AND DECLARATION OF PROOF OF SERVICE 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 

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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) 

I, the undersigned, certify and declare that I am over the age of 18 years, 

employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and not a party to the 

above-entitled cause. 

On September 16, 2005, I served a true copy of REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL 

AND ORDER DIRECTING ISSUANCE OF FUNDS INTERPLED 

PURSUANT TO SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF 

RONALD K. ALBERTS, IN SUPPORT THEREOF: 

by personally delivering it to the person(s) indicated below in the 

manner provided by F. R. Civ. Pr. 5(B); 

by depositing it in the United States Mail in a sealed envelope with 

the postage thereon fully prepaid and by causing such envelope(s) to 

be deposited in the mail at 4215 Glencoe Avenue, 2nd Floor, Marina 

del Rey, CA 90292, addressed as follows: 

Kendall M. Goggins 

645 G Street, #614 

Anchorage, AK 99501 

Perry Gory 

186 S. Carolina Avenue 

Spartanburg, SC 29306 

I am readily familiar with the firm's practice of collecting and 

processing correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal 

Service: it is deposited with the United States Postal Service on that 

same day in the ordinary course of business. I am aware that on 

motion of a party served, service is presumed invalid if the postal 

cancellation date or postal meter date on the envelope is more than 

one day after the date of deposit for mailing contained in this 

affidavit. 

I hereby certify that I am employed in the office of a member of the 

Bar of this Court at whose direction the service was made. 

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States 

of America that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on Setpember 16, 2005, at Marina del Rey, California. 

__________________________

KAREN WILLIAMS 

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