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

Document Text:

ORDER RE: DISBURSEMENT OF REMAINING BALANCE OF FUNDS 

AND DISMISSAL OF ACTION

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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: 

DISBURSEMENT OF REMAINING FUNDS

AND DISMISSAL OF ACTION

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: 

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PROPOSED ORDER RE: DISBURSEMENT OF REMAINING FUNDS 

AND DISMISSAL OF ACTION

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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 

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. 

On, March 4, 2015, this Court approved the state court order and directed the Clerk 

to disburse funds deposited by Prudential into the Court’s Registry on May 7, 2014, (see

Receipt No. CAE200059841 in the amount of $206,957.47 fbo Prudential), 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)). 

The March 4, 2015 Order further states:

The remaining $50,000.000 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.

See Order, ECF 67.

The following proof has been submitted for the Court’s review:

1. A copy of a Certificate of Deposit (“CD”) in the amount of $156,976.48, 

issued to the Registry of the Court, Tutorship of Amanti Martinez, by Richland State Bank 

– Rayville, Rayville, Louisiana. See Declaration of James E. Paxton (“Decl. Paxton”), at 

Ex. 1. 

2. A printout from the website for Richland State Bank indicating that it is insured 

with the Federal Deposit Insurance Company; state court attorney James E. Paxton also 

confirms the Bank’s insured status. See. id., at Ex. 2. Attorney Paxton has confirmed that

the CD is interest bearing and blocked in that the withdrawal of any funds (other than the 

disbursements already made) is restricted until the minor A.M. reaches 18 years of age;

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any withdrawal must be requested through a motion that is subject to approval by the state 

court. Id.

3. The customer copy of a Cashier’s Check in the amount of $8,300.00, issued 

from the RPCC Tutorship of A.M. to the Richland Parish Registry Of The Court, for 

disbursements in that amount as authorized by the state court order. See Ex. 3 to Decl. 

Paxton. The Court is also in receipt of documentation confirming that these funds were 

used to pay fees and expenses authorized by the state court order. See id.

The Court finds that the remainder of the settlement funds, less other disbursements 

as authorized by the state court order, have been deposited 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, and that the state court distribution plan has 

been completed. 

The Clerk is directed to distribute the remaining $50,000, now on deposit in the 

Court’s registry, to attorney Fields. 

This action is hereby dismissed with prejudice with each side to bear its own cost.

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 28, 2015

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