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Cuyahoga County

Ohio

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Case Information

Filed 2025-01-16
Status INACTIVE
Type Consumer Debt
Docket 21 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Discover Bank
Defendant Duran Efford
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Judge

Hon. JOHN P O'DONNELL

Cuyahoga County (OH)

Ohio

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Docket Entries

  1. CASE FILED: COMPLAINT
  2. JUDGMENT ENTRY(57569349) SENT BY REGULAR MAIL SERVICE. TO: DURAN EFFORD 2618 NORTH AVE PARMA, OH 44134
  3. JUDGMENT ENTRY(57569348) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: DAVID MULLEN [email protected]
  4. JUDGMENT ENTRY(57569347) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: SEAN M. WINTERS [email protected]
  5. JUDGMENT ENTRY(57569346) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: KRIS K VELAYUDHAN [email protected]
  6. JUDGMENT ENTRY(57569345) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: KRIS K VELAYUDHAN [email protected]
  7. THIS CASE WAS CALLED FOR A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ON JULY 17, 2025, AS SCHEDULED. THE PLAINTIFF APPEARED THROUGH COUNSEL AND THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT. BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF FAILED TO OBTAIN SERVICE ON THE DEFENDANT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF FILING THE LAWSUIT, THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. COURT COSTS ASSESSED TO THE PLAINTIFF(S). PURSUANT TO CIV.R. 58(B), THE CLERK OF COURTS IS DIRECTED TO SERVE THIS JUDGMENT IN A MANNER PRESCRIBED BY CIV.R. 5(B). THE CLERK MUST INDICATE ON THE DOCKET THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF ALL PARTIES, THE METHOD OF SERVICE, AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SERVICE. NOTICE ISSUED
  8. THIS CASE WAS CALLED FOR A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ON MAY 15, 2025, AS SCHEDULED. THE PLAINTIFF APPEARED THROUGH COUNSEL AND THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT, WHO HAS YET TO BE SERVED. ANOTHER PRETRIAL CONFERENCE IS SET AS FOLLOWS: PRETRIAL CONFERENCE SET FOR 07/17/2025 AT 10:00 AM. COURTROOM 18-D. FAILURE OF THE PLAINTIFF TO OBTAIN SERVICE ON THE DEFENDANT MAY RESULT IN A DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE. NOTICE ISSUED
  9. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE SET FOR 05/15/2025 AT 10:00 AM. COURTROOM 18-D. IF THE DEFENDANT IS IN DEFAULT OF AN ANSWER BEFORE THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE AND THE PLAINTIFF FILES A CIVIL RULE 55 MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE, THEN THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE WILL BE CONVERTED TO A DEFAULT HEARING. PLAINTIFF TO NOTIFY ALL PARTIES AGAINST WHOM DEFAULT JUDGMENT IS SOUGHT OF THE TIME AND DATE OF THE DEFAULT HEARING BY REGULAR AND CERTIFIED MAIL. SAID LETTER ALSO SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: "JUDGMENT MAY BE RENDERED AGAINST YOU." NOTICE ISSUED
  10. CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT NO. 55865157 RETURNED 1/22/2025 FAILURE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT EFFORD/DURAN / - ATTEMPTED NOT KNOWN NOTICE MAILED TO PLAINTIFF(S) ATTORNEY
  11. SUMS COMPLAINT(55865157) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: DURAN EFFORD 2618 NORTH AVE PARMA, OH 44134
  12. WRIT FEE
  13. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  14. JUDGE JOHN P O'DONNELL ASSIGNED (RANDOM)
  15. LEGAL RESEARCH
  16. LEGAL NEWS
  17. LEGAL AID
  18. COURT SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND
  19. COMPUTER FEE
  20. CLERK'S FEE
  21. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID DAVID MULLEN

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