Free Motion for Default Judgment - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona Reid C. Pixler Assistant U.S. Attorney Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 Arizona State Bar No. 12850 Telephone (602) 514-7500 [email protected]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

United States of America, Plaintiff,
v.

CIV 04-0363-PHX-JWS
MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

1. Lear Jet, Model 31A, Serial Number 31A-224, U.S. Registration # N224LJ; 2. Agusta Helicopter, Model A109E, Serial Number 11116, Mexican Registration # XA-TSR; 3. Cessna Caravan, Model 208B, Serial Number 208B-0941, Mexican Registration # XA-TUF. Defendants, And Regarding the Interest of Servicios Integrales de Aviacion SA de CV, (SIASA).

Regarding the Interest of Servicios Integrales de Aviacion SA de CV, (SIASA)

Plaintiff, United States of America, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b), respectfully moves this Court to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the reasons set forth in the following Memorandum. Dated this 30, day of September, 2005. PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona S/Reid C.Pixler REID C. PIXLER Assistant U.S. Attorney

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M-E-M-O-R-A-N-D-U-M
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Plaintiff, United States of America, by and through its attorney, Paul K. Charlton, and his
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assistant undersigned, hereby moves this Court to enter judgment by default of the interest of
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Servicios Integrales de Aviacion SA de CV, (SIASA), in defendants 1 through 3, for the reason
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that said defendants were seized pursuant to a lawful warrant of this Court and SIASA has not
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pled, answered, or otherwise made an appearance within the prescribed time, and default has
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been duly entered according to law upon application of plaintiff.
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This action is governed by Rule C of the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and
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Maritime Claims. The defendants were arrested pursuant to the lawful warrant of this Court.
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Notice was duly given, as more fully appears from the affidavit submitted with the United States'
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Application for Entry of Default. Rule C(6)(iii) requires that any person who files a statement
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of interest regarding the res must serve an Answer to the complaint within 20 days of filing the
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statement of interest. In addition, SIASA has failed to file the corporate disclosure statement
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required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 7.1 with the statement of interest. No Answer nor other pleading has
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been filed by or on behalf of SIASA since June 4, 2004, nearly 16 months ago.
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The time allowed has expired and plaintiff is entitled to judgment. Rule 55(a) and (b), Federal
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Rules of Civil Procedure.
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This Motion for Default Judgment is based upon the file and the Declaration submitted
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with the United States' Application for Default Judgment.
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DATED this 30, day of September, 2005.
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PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona S/Reid C. Pixler REID C. PIXLER Assistant U.S. Attorney

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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S/ Victoria Tiffany
Mark A Platt Fulbright & Jaworski LLP 2200 Ross Ave , Ste 2800 Dallas, TX 75201 Leonard J McDonald, Jr Tiffany & Bosco PA Camelback Esplanade II 2525 E Camelback Rd 3rd Floor Phoenix, AZ 85016 I hereby certify that on September 30, 2005, I served the attached document by U.S. mail, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System: Marc S. Nurik Ruden McClosky Smith Schuster & Russell, PA PO Box 1900 Ft Lauderdale, FL 33302 Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr Goldstein Goldstein & Hilley 2900 Tower Life Bldg 310 S St Mary's St, Ste 2900 San Antonio, TX 78205 [email protected] K Lawson Pedigo Miller Keffer & Pedigo 8401 N Central Expressway , Ste 630 Dallas, TX 75225 [email protected] I hereby certify that on September 30, 2005, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Allen B Bickart Law Office of Allen B Bickart PO Box 44005 Phoenix, AZ 85064 [email protected] Douglas F Behm Jennings Strouss & Salmon PLC Collier Ctr 201 E Washington St, Ste 1100 Phoenix, AZ 85004-2385 [email protected]

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