Meadows

Meadows v. Dominican Republic

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMarch 11, 20243:80-cv-04626California375 words

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JOHN F. MEADOWS, Special Case No. 80-cv-4626 Administrator for the Estate of Charles V. 8 Meadows, Deceased, and GEORGE ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

HARRIS, PREJUDICE APPLICATION TO

9 RENEW JUDGMENT Plaintiffs,

10 v. 11 THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, et al, 12 Defendants. 13

14 Now before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Renew Judgment filed March 7, 2024. 15 As explained in Uriarte-Limon v. Elsayed, the filing of a motion is not required to renew a 16 judgment: 17

18 Money judgments entered in federal court are enforceable through “the procedure of the state where the court is located” unless there is 19 an applicable federal statute. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 69(a)(1). Under California law, a money judgment or a judgment for possession or 20 sale of property may be enforced for a period of ten years. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 683.020. Such a judgment can be renewed and 21 the period of enforceability extended for an additional ten years. Id. at §§…

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