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Fort Bend County

Texas

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Case Information

Filed 2024-06-24
Status Disposed
Type Contract Consumer/commercial/debt
Docket 15 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Discover Bank
Defendant Scruton, Dean W
Photo of Hon. Pre Trial (9:00 Am) (judicial Officer Pattel, Surendran K.) 03/27/2020 Reset By Court To 06/26/2020 06/26/2020 Reset By Court To 09/18/2020 09/18/2020 Reset By Court To 11/13/2020 11/13/2020 Reset By Court To 01/29/2021 01/29/2021 Reset By Court To 03/26/

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Hon. Pre Trial (9:00 Am) (judicial Officer Pattel, Surendran K.) 03/27/2020 Reset By Court To 06/26/2020 06/26/2020 Reset By Court To 09/18/2020 09/18/2020 Reset By Court To 11/13/2020 11/13/2020 Reset By Court To 01/29/2021 01/29/2021 Reset By Court To 03/26/

Fort Bend County (TX)

Texas

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Docket Entries

  1. Judgment Notice Sent/Rule 239A Index # 14
  2. Request Index # 2 Request for Citation
  3. Issuance Index # 3 Citation Issued to Dean W Scruton
  4. Citation eService Scruton, Dean W Served 05/31/2025 Returned 06/02/2025
  5. Officers Return Index # 4 Citation Return for Dean W Scruton. Served on 05-31-25
  6. No Fee Documents Index # 5 Notice Of Plaintiff Merger
  7. DWOP Notice Sent
  8. Motion (No Fee) Index # 6 Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment
  9. Motion (No Fee) Index # 8 Plaintiff's Verified Motion to Retain Case on Docket
  10. DWOP Hearing (9:00 AM) (Judicial Officer Pattel, Surendran K.) Motion to Retain filed
  11. Order Index # 11 Order to Retain Case on Docket
  12. Notice Index # 10 Notice of Hearing
  13. Notice Index # 12 Notice of Hearing
  14. M/Default Judgment (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Pattel, Surendran K.) Case retained 8/28/25 09/29/2025 Reset by Court to 10/27/2025 10/27/2025 Reset by Court to 12/01/2025
  15. Default Judgment Index # 13 Default Judgment

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