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*1 Case 1:06-cv-00072-SEB-JMS Document 31 Filed 05/17/07 Page 1 of 2 PageID #: 170
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION THE CIT GROUP/CONSUMER FINANCE, )
INC., As Assignee of Commonpoint Mortgage, )
) Plaintiff, ) ) 1:06-cv-72-SEB-JMS vs. ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
) Defendant. ) JUDGMENT
On March 14, 2007, the Court denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and ordered the parties to show cause within thirty (30) days why final judgment should not be entered in favor of the Government and Plaintiff’s claims dismissed, despite the fact that the Government had not filed a cross-motion for summary judgment. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Reconsider, which the Court denied on May 2, 2007 (Docket Nos. 24 & 30). The Court, having considered the Government’s return to the show cause order (Docket No. 25), now finds that the Government is _______________________________ SARAH EVANS BARKER, JUDGE United States District Court Southern District of Indiana entitled to full and final judgment with respect to the claims asserted in this action, with the following amendment to the summary judgment ruling: The United State’s lien if fully enforceable during the period of time when CIT continues to hold title to the property and any enforcement of that lien (while CIT retains title to the property) must recognize the priority of the CIT mortgage lien over the United State’s lien.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that full and final judgment is entered in favor of the Government and against Plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claims herein are
1 *2 Case 1:06-cv-00072-SEB-JMS Document 31 Filed 05/17/07 Page 2 of 2 PageID #: 171
dismissed. 05/17/2007
Date: ________________
Copies to:
Gerald A. Coraz
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
gerald.coraz@usdoj.gov
Jeffrey L. Hunter
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
jeff.hunter@usdoj.gov
Erin Reilly Lewis
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
erin.lewis@usdoj.gov
Penny J. Meyers
300 Riverwalk Drive
Elkhart, IN 46516
Robert T. Sanders III
SANDERS PIANOWSKI LLP
rsanders@riverwalklaw.com
Karen Ann Smith
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - TAX DIVISION
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