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11/21/202211:10 AM
FELICIA PITRE
DISTRICT CLERK
DC-22-16269 DALLAS 00., TEXAS
Christi Undewvood DEPUTY
RECOVERY FUNDING SERVICE, N THE DISTRICT COURT
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LLC as assignee 0f MTTON
SUMNERS FOUNDATION FOR THE
STUDY AND TEACHING OF THE
SCIENCE OF SELF-GOVERNMEN ,
INC. d/b/a SUMNERS FOUNDATION,
Plaintiff,
v. 162ml JUDICLAL DISTRICT
JAMES AMOS, JR., STEPHEN A.
BATMAN, WILLLAM D. GROSS,
DENNIS MCCUISTION, REAGAN
STEWART, AND MICHAEL L.
WHALEN,
Defendants. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
ORDER GRANTING DEFEN ANTS’ AGREED AMENDED MOTION TO SEVER AN
FOR ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT FOR DEFEN ANTS JAMES AMOS,
STEPHEN BATMAN, REAGAN STEWART, AND MICHAEL L. WHALEN
Having considered Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, Michael
L. Whalen’s Agreed Amended Motion to Sever and for Entry of Final Judgment (the “Motion”),
any responses thereto, all applicable pleadings, the evidence submitted, if any, the arguments of
counsel, if any, and the applicable law, the Court finds that the Motion should be, and is in all
things, GRANTED. It is, therefore,
ORDERED that Defendants’ Agreed Amended Motion to Sever and for Entry of Final
Judgment for Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and Michael L. Whalen
is hereby GRANTED. It is further
ORDERED that all claims that were asserted or could have been asserted in this cause of
action by Plaintiff against Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and
Michael L. Whalen are hereby severed from this cause of action and into a new and separate cause
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of action and cause number to be entered or established by the Clerk. Defendants shall pay the
filing fee for the new cause number created by the severance. It is further
ORDERED that the Clerk is ordered to copy all filings appearing in Cause No. DC-21-
11479, pending in the 162m Judicial District Court of Dallas County, and include them in the new
and separate cause of action and cause number to be entered or established by the Clerk. It is
further
ORDERED that an Agreed Final Judgment (to be filed by counsel once the new cause
number is assigned) shall hereby be entered in the new cause number in favor of Defendants James
Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and Michael L. Whalen, rendering a take-nothing
judgement in their favor and an award of attorneys’ fees in their favor in accordance with the Order
Granting Defendants Amos, Batman, Stewart, and Whalen’s Motions to Dismiss, signed on April
6, 2022 in this cause of action.
SIGNED this day of , 2022.
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11/9/2022 2:03:46 PM I
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JUDGE PRESIDING
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Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ J. Reid Burlev
R. Heath Cheek
hcheek@be11nunnallv.com
State Bar No. 2405341
J. Reid Burley
rburlev@be11nunnallv.com
State Bar No. 24109675
Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
2323 Ross Avenue, Suite 1900
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 740-1400 Telephone
(214) 740-1499 Facsimile
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FILED 11/21/202211:10 AM FELICIA PITRE DISTRICT CLERK DC-22-16269 DALLAS 00., TEXAS Christi Undewvood DEPUTY RECOVERY FUNDING SERVICE, N THE DISTRICT COURT §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ LLC as assignee 0f MTTON SUMNERS FOUNDATION FOR THE STUDY AND TEACHING OF THE SCIENCE OF SELF-GOVERNMEN , INC. d/b/a SUMNERS FOUNDATION, Plaintiff, v. 162ml JUDICLAL DISTRICT JAMES AMOS, JR., STEPHEN A. BATMAN, WILLLAM D. GROSS, DENNIS MCCUISTION, REAGAN STEWART, AND MICHAEL L. WHALEN, Defendants. DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER GRANTING DEFEN ANTS’ AGREED AMENDED MOTION TO SEVER AN FOR ENTRY OF FINAL JUDGMENT FOR DEFEN ANTS JAMES AMOS, STEPHEN BATMAN, REAGAN STEWART, AND MICHAEL L. WHALEN Having considered Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, Michael L. Whalen’s Agreed Amended Motion to Sever and for Entry of Final Judgment (the “Motion”), any responses thereto, all applicable pleadings, the evidence submitted, if any, the arguments of counsel, if any, and the applicable law, the Court finds that the Motion should be, and is in all things, GRANTED. It is, therefore, ORDERED that Defendants’ Agreed Amended Motion to Sever and for Entry of Final Judgment for Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and Michael L. Whalen is hereby GRANTED. It is further ORDERED that all claims that were asserted or could have been asserted in this cause of action by Plaintiff against Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and Michael L. Whalen are hereby severed from this cause of action and into a new and separate cause ORDER PAGE 1 of action and cause number to be entered or established by the Clerk. Defendants shall pay the filing fee for the new cause number created by the severance. It is further ORDERED that the Clerk is ordered to copy all filings appearing in Cause No. DC-21- 11479, pending in the 162m Judicial District Court of Dallas County, and include them in the new and separate cause of action and cause number to be entered or established by the Clerk. It is further ORDERED that an Agreed Final Judgment (to be filed by counsel once the new cause number is assigned) shall hereby be entered in the new cause number in favor of Defendants James Amos, Stephen Batman, Reagan Stewart, and Michael L. Whalen, rendering a take-nothing judgement in their favor and an award of attorneys’ fees in their favor in accordance with the Order Granting Defendants Amos, Batman, Stewart, and Whalen’s Motions to Dismiss, signed on April 6, 2022 in this cause of action. SIGNED this day of , 2022. - 11/9/2022 2:03:46 PM I l JUDGE PRESIDING ORDER PAGE 2 Respectfully Submitted, /s/ J. Reid Burlev R. Heath Cheek hcheek@be11nunnallv.com State Bar No. 2405341 J. Reid Burley rburlev@be11nunnallv.com State Bar No. 24109675 Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP 2323 Ross Avenue, Suite 1900 Dallas, Texas 75201 (214) 740-1400 Telephone (214) 740-1499 Facsimile