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Cuyahoga County

Ohio

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Case Information

Filed 2025-01-16
Status INACTIVE
Type Consumer Debt
Docket 31 entries

Parties

Plaintiff Discover Bank
Defendant Sandeep Kumar Sayam
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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. MOTION FILED FOR P1 DISCOVER BANK TED M TRAUT 0072514 MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
  3. REFUND BALANCE OF CASE COST DEPOSIT TO DAVID MULLEN
  4. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851921) SENT BY REGULAR MAIL SERVICE. TO: SANDEEP KUMAR SAYAM 1700 E 13TH ST APT# E22U CLEVELAND, OH 44114
  5. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851920) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: DAVID MULLEN [email protected]
  6. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851919) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: DAVID MULLEN [email protected]
  7. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851918) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: SEAN M. WINTERS [email protected]
  8. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851917) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: SEAN M. WINTERS [email protected]
  9. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851916) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: KRIS K VELAYUDHAN [email protected]
  10. JUDGMENT ENTRY(56851915) SENT BY EMAIL. TO: KRIS K VELAYUDHAN [email protected]
  11. THIS CASE WAS CALLED FOR A DEFAULT HEARING ON MAY 1, 2025, AS SCHEDULED. THE PLAINTIFF APPEARED THROUGH COUNSEL AND THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT. THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT, FILED APRIL 15, 2025, IS GRANTED, AND JUDGMENT ON THE COMPLAINT IS HEREBY ENTERED IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF DISCOVER BANK AND AGAINST DEFENDANT SANDEEP KUMAR SAYAM IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $2,151.59, WITH INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE BEGINNING ON THE DATE OF JUDGMENT, PLUS COURT COSTS. COURT COST ASSESSED TO THE DEFENDANT(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
  12. THIS CASE WAS CALLED FOR A PRETRIAL CONFERENCE ON APRIL 24, 2025, AS SCHEDULED. THE PLAINTIFF APPEARED THROUGH COUNSEL AND THERE WAS NO APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT IS IN DEFAULT OF AN ANSWER AND THE PLAINTIFF FILED A MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM ON APRIL 15, 2025. ACCORDINGLY, A DEFAULT HEARING IS SET AS FOLLOWS: DEFAULT HEARING IS SET FOR 05/01/2025 AT 10:00 AM IN COURTROOM 18-D. PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY SHALL BRING JUDGMENT ENTRY; AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY THE PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY STATING THAT ACCORDING TO STATUTE AND RULES, SERVICE REQUIREMENTS WERE COMPLIED WITH; AND AFFIDAVIT SIGNED BY THE PLAINTIFF, OR PLAINTIFF'S REPRESENTATIVE, PROVING DAMAGES. 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
  13. AFFIDAVIT FILED BY P1 DISCOVER BANK ATTORNEY SEAN M. WINTERS 0084612 MILITARY SERVICE AFFIDAVIT
  14. MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT MDJ, DEFAULT LETTER AND DEFAULT AFFIDAVIT
  15. PRETRIAL CONFERENCE SET FOR 04/24/2025 AT 10:00 AM. COURTROOM 18-D. THE DEFENDANT HAS UNTIL APRIL 4, 2025 TO FILE AN ANSWER TO THE COMPLAINT. IF THE DEFENDANT IS IN DEFAULT OF AN ANSWER AFTER THAT DATE, THE PRETRIAL CONFERENCE WILL BE CONVERTED TO A DEFAULT HEARING IF THE PLAINTIFF FILES A CIVIL RULE 55 MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT NO LATER THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE APRIL 24, 2025. THE DEFENDANT IS NOTIFIED THAT A MONEY JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST HIM AT A DEFAULT HEARING NOTICE ISSUED
  16. SUMS COMPLAINT(56311905) SENT BY REGULAR MAIL SERVICE. TO: SANDEEP KUMAR SAYAM 1700 E 13TH ST APT# E22U CLEVELAND, OH 44114 ANSWER DATE: 04/04/2025
  17. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  18. WRIT FEE
  19. REQUEST FOR SERVICE FILED VIA REGULAR MAIL
  20. CERTIFIED MAIL RECEIPT NO. 55854254 RETURNED 2/15/2025 FAILURE OF SERVICE ON DEFENDANT SAYAM/SANDEEP /KUMAR - UNCLAIMED NOTICE MAILED TO PLAINTIFF(S) ATTORNEY
  21. SUMS COMPLAINT(55854254) SENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. TO: SANDEEP KUMAR SAYAM 1700 E 13TH ST APT# E22U CLEVELAND, OH 44114
  22. SUMMONS E-FILE COPY COST
  23. WRIT FEE
  24. JUDGE JOHN P O'DONNELL ASSIGNED (RANDOM)
  25. LEGAL RESEARCH
  26. LEGAL NEWS
  27. LEGAL AID
  28. COURT SPECIAL PROJECTS FUND
  29. COMPUTER FEE
  30. CLERK'S FEE
  31. DEPOSIT AMOUNT PAID DAVID MULLEN

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