Free Motion to Vacate - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Guttilla Murphy Anderson, P.C.

Guttilla Murphy Anderson, P.C.
Ariz. Firm No. 00133300

Patrick M. Murphy (Ariz. No. 002964)
4150 West Northern Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85051 Email: [email protected] Phone: (623) 937-2795 Fax: (623) 937-6897

Attorneys for the Receiver

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaintiff, vs. Ronald Stephen Holt; and International Funding Association, Defendants, and Annette Holt; American Assets Limited Trust; Leonora Street Trust; Dover Childrens Trust; Clarendon Avenue Holding Trust; Dublin Holding Trust; Jeffery Williams (aka Jeffrey Williams); Mari Ann Alston; Pacific Central Asset Management; and American Benefit Card Services, Inc. Defendants Solely for Purposes of Equitable Relief. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

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Cause No. CV 03-1825 PHX PGR UNOPPOSED MOTION TO VACATE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON CIVIL CONTEMPT RE: PETITION NO. 24

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The Receiver, and real parties in interest, Noily Cope, Barry T. Jordan Jr. and Gail M. Christensen, as Conservator for G.J., a minor (hereafter "Movants"), respectfully move the Court to vacate the Order to Show Cause on Civil Contempt [Doc. #372] entered by the Court setting this matter for hearing on April 28, 2008, at 1:30 P.M.

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On February 8, 2007, the Court entered its Order Re: Petition No. 24 [Doc. #336], which, among other things, ordered Barry Jordan Sr. ("Jordan") to "vacate the single family residence located at 10620 N. 84th Street, Scottsdale, Arizona (hereafter the "Property")."1 Jordan refused to comply with the demands of the Receiver that he vacate the Property as ordered by the Court. Accordingly, on February 14, 2008, the Movants filed their Joint Motion to Hold Barry T. Jordan Sr. in Civil Contempt of Court, Re: Petition No. 24 [Doc. #368] seeking, among other things, an order requiring Barry T. Jordan, Sr. to appear before the Court to show cause why the Court should not enter an order holding him in civil contempt of Court and sanctioning him as appropriate ("Motion"). The Court on March 27, 2008, entered its Order to Show Cause on Civil Contempt [Doc. #372] setting this matter for hearing on April 28, 2008, at 1:30 P.M. No response to the Motion was filed by Jordan as required under the Order to Show Cause on Civil Contempt [Doc. #372]. Subsequent to the preparation and filing of the Motion, Jordan removed himself and some of this personal property from the Property, however, he failed to remove all of the personal property and various trash. After repeated demands by the Receiver that Jordan remove the trash and personal property left behind, the Receiver was forced to expend receivership assets to remove the trash and personal property at an expense of at least $1,960.00. Demands on Jordan to pay this expense have been ignored. The Movants do not wish to incur further attorneys fees on this Motion at this time, since if the Court's Order Re: Petition No. 24 [Doc. #336] is affirmed on appeal to

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Jordan has appealed the Order Re: Petition No. 24 [Doc. #336] to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Case 2:03-cv-01825-PGR Document 376 2 Filed 04/24/2008 Page 2 of 6

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the Ninth Circuit2, the receivership will be reimbursed for its expenses caused by the contempt from the net sale proceeds of the Property. If however, the Order is reversed on appeal, the Movants intend to renew the Motion in order to obtain a monetary judgment for the damages caused by Jordan's contempt. Counsel for Jordan has advised counsel for the Receiver that he does not oppose an order vacating the Order to Show Cause on Civil Contempt [Doc #372], the relief requested herein. Respectfully submitted this 24th day of April, 2008. GUTTILLA MURPHY ANDERSON, P.C.

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s/Patrick M. Murphy___________ Patrick M. Murphy Attorneys for the Receiver

FORRESTER & WORTH, PLLC

s/John R. Worth______________ John R. Worth Attorneys for Barry T. Jordan Jr. and Gail M. Christensen, Conservator for Geoffrey Jordan PAK & MORING PLC s/Tom Moring________________ Tom Moring Attorneys for Noily Cope

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PROOF OF SERVICE This is to certify that on this 24th day of April, 2008, I electronically transmitted the foregoing document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the CM/ECF registrants on this case and on the attached Master Service List; and that the persons on the attached Master Service List who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System have been served with a copy of the foregoing document by first class mail this date.

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s/Patrick M. Murphy Patrick M. Murphy

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MASTER SERVICE LIST
SEC v. Ronald Stephen Holt, et al. United States District Court for the District of Arizona CV 03-1825 PHX FJM
(Rev. March 27, 2008)

Lawrence J. Warfield International Funding 14555 North Scottsdale Road, #340 Scottsdale, AZ 85254 Receiver Patrick M. Murphy Guttilla Murphy Anderson, P.C. 4150 West Northern Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85051 Registered CM/ECF: [email protected] Counsel for Receiver Timothy McCole Securities and Exchange Commission 801 Cherry Street, Suite 1900 Fort Worth, TX 76102 [email protected] Counsel for SEC Merwin D. Grant Grant & Vaughn, P.C. 6225 North 24th Street Suite 125 Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Registered CM/ECF: [email protected] Attorney for Relief Defendant Annette Holt

Ronald Stephen Holt and International Funding Association, Leonora Street Trust, Dover Children's Trust, Clarendon Avenue Holding Trust Dublin Holding Trust, Pacific Central Asset Management, American Benefit Card Services, Inc. Ronald Stephen Holt Central Arizona Detention Center Detainee Ronald Holt 82642008 1155 N. Pinal Parkway Florence, Arizona 85232 Robert L. Stanford Jeffery Williams aka Jeffrey Williams 8415 W. Alex Avenue Peoria, Arizona 85382. Relief Defendant American Assets Limited Trust c/o Registered Agent Michael Bloomquist 4410 W. Union Hills #7-233 Glendale, Arizona 85308 Relief Defendant Mari Ann Alston 305 Nordina Street Redlands, California 92373 Relief Defendant

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James Vaughn 100 South Antietam Place Tucson, Arizona 85710 Suzanne Ingold Burch & Cracchiolo, P.A. 702 E. Osborn Rd. #200 P.O. Box 16882 Phoenix, Arizona 85014-5281 Timothy J. Mulreany Commodity Futures Trading Commission Division of Enforcement 1155 21st Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20581 Thomas M. Connelly 2425 East Camelback Rd. Suite 880 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-4208 Michael S. Reeves Attorney at Law 1212 E. Osborn Phoenix, AZ 85014-5533 Registered CM/ECF: [email protected] Attorney for Defendant Ronald S. Holt

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