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Case Information

Filed 2022-10-13
Status Disposed
Type Debt Contract Debt Contract
Docket 28 entries

Parties

Plaintiff American Express National Bank
Defendant Wheaton, Ian
Photo of Hon. Hrbacek, Dean)

Judge

Hon. Hrbacek, Dean)

Fort Bend County (TX)

Texas

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Docket Entries

  1. Proposed Order Proposed Order Appointing Receiver (stw 09/26/2024 bn)
  2. Original Petition Plaintiff's Original Petition
  3. Citation Ian Wheaton
  4. Citation Wheaton, Ian Served 11/02/2022 Returned 11/03/2022
  5. Affidavit Return of Service
  6. Answer/Response Ian Wheaton (stw 11/18/2022 cos) qc/cos
  7. Letter from Judge qc/jo/JH
  8. Order Uniform Scheduling Order signed 12-28-22 qc/ jo/JH
  9. Affidavit Affidavit of Account
  10. Filing Letter Requesting Default Judgment
  11. Motion on Judgment
  12. Proposed Order Default Judgement (stw 2/9/2023 mem)
  13. Certificate CERTIFICATE OF WRITTEN DISCOVERY
  14. Motion for Continuance PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
  15. Proposed Order ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE (stw 9/19/23 yb)
  16. Order on Continuance signed 9/19/23 qc/vp/lb
  17. Motion for Continuance PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE
  18. Order on Continuance Signed 12/5/2023; Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Continuance
  19. Notice of Hearing 2/20/2024 at 1:30pm
  20. Notice Notice of Filing of Business Records Affidavit
  21. Bench Trial (1:30 PM) (Judicial Officer Hrbacek, Dean) 12/05/2023 Reset by Court to 02/20/2024
  22. Filing USPS Tracking for Notice of Hearing qc/cc/mvc
  23. Final Judgment After Non-Jury Trial Final Default Judgment, Signed 2/20/24
  24. Notice Notice of Judgment
  25. Filing Copy of Envelopes qc/cc/vp
  26. Copy Request Copy Request
  27. Copy Request Copy Request
  28. Application on Receiver Application for the Appointment of a Receiver

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