Legal Opinion
Strickland v. Alexander
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 5, 2015No. Civil Action No. 1:12-CV-02735-MHSPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MARVIN H. SHOOB, Senior District Judge.
Before the Court is defendant’s motion to alter or amend judgment. For the following reasons, the Court grants the motion.
Background
After obtaining a default judgment against plaintiff Tony W. Strickland on a credit card debt, Discover Bank (“Discover”) filed a garnishment action in the State Court of Gwinnett County against JP Morgan Chase Bank (“Chase”), where plaintiff held an account containing only worker’s compensation benefits. Although such benefits are exempt from garnishment under Georgia law, Chase froze plaintiffs bank account and…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Finberg v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Rose Dionne, Etc. v. Gerard Bouley, Etc., Rose Dionne, Etc. v. Gerard Bouley, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Tony W. Strickland v. Richard T. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- Follette v. VitanzaDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1987
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Modi v. AlexanderDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2020