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Parties Involved:
Bond Safeguard Insurance Company
Counter Defendant
George Kramer
Defendant
Deborah Sweaney
Counter Claimant

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ROBERT S. CAMERON SBN 122693 

Cameron Law Office 

6401 Elvas Avenue 

Sacramento, California 95819 

Telephone: (916) 254-7305 

Attorney for Defendant 

DEBORAH SWEANEY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE

COMPANY, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

GEORGE KRAMER and DEBORAH

SWEANEY 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 14-cv-01896-JAM 

ORDER GRANTING 

DEFENDANT DEBORAH 

SWEANEY’S MOTION FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

AGAINST PLAINTIFF BOND 

SAFEGUARD INSURANCE 

COMPANY

Date: October 7, 2015 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 6, 14th Floor 

Judge: Hon. John A. Mendez 

 The motion of Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY for summary judgment came on 

regularly for hearing on October 7, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 6 of the above entitled court, 

the Honorable Judge John A. Mendez presiding. Robert S. Cameron, attorney for DEBORAH 

SWEANEY, Defendant and moving party and Richard A. Sullivan of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & 

Smith, attorney for BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Responding 

Party, were present. The court having considered all pleadings and evidence filed herein and oral 

argument presented at the time of the hearing and good cause appearing therefor, the court now 

finds and orders as follows: 

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FINDINGS 

1. After considering the papers filed in support of and in opposition to the motion and oral 

argument of counsel, the court finds that there is no triable issue of material fact as to the 

Plaintiff's sixth and seventh causes of action against Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY, there are 

no other causes of action stated against Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY and therefore 

DEBORAH SWEANEY is entitled to judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 56 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

2. The bases of this finding is stated as follows: 

a. BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY did not file a Statement of 

Disputed Facts and therefore all statements of DEBORAH SWEANEY stated in her 

Statement of Undisputed Facts are deemed true. 

b. The Fraudulent Conveyance provisions of California Civil Code §3439.01 (a)(1) 

excludes from the definition of “asset” of a debtor as to which a transfer may be set aside 

as a fraudulent conveyance, “Property to the extent it is encumbered by a valid lien”. 

c. The property located at 1992-1994 Vista Mar Drive, El Dorado Hills, California 

as to which BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY seeks to set aside 

Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY’s Deed of Trust is encumbered by a valid judgment 

lien in favor of Northern Lights, LLC as judgment creditor as well as other senior liens and 

encumbrances and therefore this property is not property of debtor as to which the transfer 

to DEBORAH SWEANEY by Deed of Trust may be set aside as a fraudulent conveyance. 

WHEREFORE, the Court now Orders as follows: 

ORDER 

1. The Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. 

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2. Judgment will be entered in favor of Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY and 

against Plaintiff BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY on Plaintiff's sixth cause of 

action to set aside DEBORAH SWEANEY's Deed of Trust as a fraudulent conveyance. 

3. Judgment will be entered in favor of Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY and 

against Plaintiff BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY on Plaintiff's seventh cause of 

action for conspiracy to defraud Plaintiff. 

4. There being no other claims or causes of action pleaded against Defendant 

DEBORAH SWEANEY in the complaint of BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY, 

judgment will be entered dismissing the complaint with prejudice as to Defendant DEBORAH 

SWEANEY and ordering that Plaintiff BOND SAFEGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY take 

nothing against Defendant DEBORAH SWEANEY and awarding Defendant DEBORAH 

SWEANEY her costs of suit as allowed by law. 

DATE: 10/15/2015 /s/ John A. Mendez_________________ 

Judge of the United States District Court 

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