United States v. Howard

District Court, C.D. Illinois·Decided March 4, 2022·No. 3:19-cv-03205·Unknown

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF ) AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Civil No. 19-cv-3205 v. ) ) DARREN D HOWARD, CITY ) OF LINCOLN, and STATE ) OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT ) OF HEALTHCARE AND ) FAMILY SERVICES, ) ) Defendants. )

OPINION

SUE E. MYERSCOUGH, U.S. District Judge: The Court now considers Plaintiff United States of America's Motion for Judgment of Defendant Darren D. Howard (hereinafter the "Motion") (d/e 24). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55, 28 U.S.C. ' 2001, and for the reasons stated below, the Motion is GRANTED. In connection with its decision, the Court has considered all of the pleadings and evidence submitted to date. Based thereon, the Court makes the following FINDINGS: I. JURISDICTION 1. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter and

parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1345 and 1391, respectively. Defendant Darren D. Howard was personally served with Summons and Complaint by the United States Marshal on October 29, 2020,

and thereafter answered the amended complaint. II. EVIDENTIARY FINDINGS 1. Defendant executed a mortgage and a note (attached to the

amended complaint as Exhibits B and C) in the amount of $66,000.00 secured by said mortgage. The United States of America, acting through Rural Development, United States

Department of Agriculture, was the mortgagee on the mortgage executed by defendants Darren D. Howard and Diana L. Brown as mortgagors. The mortgage pertaining to the property described

herein was recorded on November 10, 2003, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Logan County, Illinois. 2. The material factual allegations stated in the complaint filed herein have not been denied in any responsive pleading.

3. Plaintiff is the owner of the note and mortgage described in the complaint. 4. On August 18, 2021, the Court granted Plaintiff’s Motion to Enter Default Judgment of Foreclosure as to Defendants City of

Lincoln and State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The Default Judgment and attached exhibits have been admitted into evidence in this cause.

5. The following are names of persons who may have claimed an interest in the above-described property, but who are foreclosed from asserting their claim, if any, because of their default in this

action: Darren D. Howard, City of Lincoln, and State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. 6. All of the material allegations contained in the complaint

are true and by virtue of the mortgage and indebtedness thereby secured, Plaintiff, United States of America, has a valid and subsisting lien arising out of a real estate mortgage on the property

described as follows: 309 Seventh Street, Lincoln, Illinois 62656

A strip of ground of the even width of 35 feet off of the full West side of Lot 3 in Block 6 in E. Wright’s First Addition to West Lincoln, now a part of the City of Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois.

TAX ID# 12-326-002-00 7. By virtue of the mortgage and the indebtedness thereby secured, as alleged in the complaint, there is due Plaintiff, United States of America, as follows:

a) Costs of this suit:

U.S. Attorney's Docket Fee……………………………...$400.00

USMS Costs for Service of Summons ………………...$240.43

Recording Fee - Notice of Foreclosure……………….….$50.00

Total……………………………………………………….....$690.43

b) Unpaid principal and interest:

Unpaid principal balance…….……………………..$74,545.33

Accrued interest at $16.6035 per day due and unpaid1 as of 5/12/2021 ………………………………………….$34,516.02

Subsidy Recapture……………………………………..$6,461.60

Late Charges……………………………………………….$220.70

Interest on Fees…………………………………………$3,968.09

Fees Assessed……………………………………..…..$20,518.25

Total amount due plaintiff as of 5/12/2021…$140,229.99

1 Unpaid principal continues to accrue interest at the rate of $16.6035 per day. c) In addition, Plaintiff may be compelled to advance various sums of money in payment of costs, fees, expenses, and

disbursements incurred in connection with the foreclosure, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, filing fees, stenographer's fees, witness fees, costs of publication, costs of

procuring and preparing documentary evidence and costs of procuring abstracts of title, certificates, foreclosure minutes, a title insurance policy and fees, charges, and expenses provided by law

incurred by or owing to the United States Marshal, including such fees and expenses relating to conducting of the judicial sale as required by this judgment of foreclosure.

d) Under the terms of the mortgage, all such advances, costs and other fees, expenses, and disbursements are made a lien upon the mortgaged real estate and Plaintiff is entitled to recover all

such advances, costs, expenses, and disbursements, together with interest on all advances at the rate provided in the mortgage, or, if no rate, from the date on which such advances are made. e) In order to protect the lien of the mortgage, Plaintiff may

necessarily have to pay taxes and assessments which have been or may be levied upon the mortgaged real estate. f) In order to protect and preserve the mortgaged real estate, Plaintiff may have to make such repairs to the real estate as may reasonably be deemed necessary for the proper preservation

thereof. g) Under the terms of the mortgage, any money so paid or expended has or will become an additional indebtedness secured by

the mortgage and will bear interest from the date such monies are advanced at the rate provided in the mortgage, or, if no rate is provided, at the statutory judgment rate.

8. The present owners of the above-described real estate are: Darren D. Howard and Diana L. Brown. 9. Logan County, Illinois, has a valid lien on the above-

described property for taxes and special assessments for the years 2020 (payable in 2021), and for 2021 and thereafter, and the property will be sold subject to the interest of Logan County,

resulting from taxes, general or special, which are a valid lien against the above-described property. 10. The City of Lincoln, Illinois has a valid Sewerage Revenue Lien against Darren D. Howard and Diana L. Brown and in favor of the City of Lincoln, Illinois in the sum of $290.20 plus subsequent interest pursuant to the state lien recorded in the Logan County

Recorder’s Office on March 25, 2014, which is subordinate to the United States’ mortgage that is subject to this foreclosure. 11. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services

has a valid Notice and Claim of Lien against Diana L. Brown and in favor of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services recorded in the Logan County Recorder’s Office on June 13, 2014,

which is subordinate to the United States’ mortgage that is subject to this foreclosure. 12. The Plaintiff is entitled to a 60 day shortened period of

redemption for the following reasons: (i) the value of the mortgaged real estate as of this date is less than ninety percent (90%) of the amount specified pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS

5/15-1603(d); and (ii) Plaintiff has waived any and all rights to a personal judgment for a deficiency against the mortgagors and against all other persons liable for the indebtedness or other obligations secured by the mortgage.

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