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`Filed in District Court
`State of Minnesota
`10/23/2024 5:08 PM
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`STATE OF MINNESOTA
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`DISTRICT COURT
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`FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
`COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
`______________________________________________________________________________
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`CASE TYPE: Other Civil (Mortgage
`Foreclosure)
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`COURT FILE NO:
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`SUMMONS
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`Coulee Bank,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`Innovative Engineering Services, Inc.,
`The Heritage Hotel, LLC, Twin Cities
`Hospitality, LLC, Mohamed E. Elkhateeb,
`Shannon Foster Sandquist, and Equity Trust
`Company, Custodian FBO the Michael Louis
`Tracy IRA #200-266-859,
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`Defendants.
`______________________________________________________________________________
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`THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO THE FOLLOWING DEFENDANTS:
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`INNOVATIVE ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.; THE HERITAGE HOTEL, LLC; TWIN
`CITIES HOSPITALITY, LLC; MOHAMED E. ELKHATEEB; SHANNON FOSTER
`SANDQUIST; AND EQUITY TRUST COMPANY, CUSTODIAN FBO THE MICHAEL
`LOUIS TRACY IRA #200-266-859.
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`1.
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`YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff, Coulee Bank, has started a lawsuit
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`against you. The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this Summons. Do not throw
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`these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this
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`lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number
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`on this Summons.
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`2.
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`YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 21 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.
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`You must give or mail to the person who signed this Summons a written response called an Answer
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`within 21 days from the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your
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`Answer to the person who signed this Summons at the following address:
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`27-CV-24-16192
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`Filed in District Court
`State of Minnesota
`10/23/2024 5:08 PM
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`WINTHROP & WEINSTINE, P.A.
`Attn: Andrew Steil
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 3500
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`3.
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`YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written
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`response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer, you must state whether you agree or
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`disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given
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`everything asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.
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`4.
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`YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN
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`RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS.
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`If you do not answer within 21 days you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of
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`the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the
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`Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint, you do not need to
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`respond. A default judgment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the
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`Complaint.
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`5.
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`LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you
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`do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can
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`get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer
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`to protect your rights or you may lose the case.
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`6.
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`ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. The parties may agree to or be
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`ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Minnesota
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`General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you
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`expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.
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`7.
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`THIS LAWSUIT AFFECTS OR BRINGS INTO QUESTION TITLE TO
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`REAL PROPERTY located at 337 Oak Grove Street Minneapolis, MN 55403, tax parcel
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`27-CV-24-16192
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`Filed in District Court
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`10/23/2024 5:08 PM
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`identification number of 27-029-24-32-0020 (“Innovative Real Property”), legally described as
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`follows: The Northwesterly 10 feet of Lot 4, measured front and rear, and all of Lot 5, together
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`with the Northeasterly half of the adjoining vacated alley lying between the extensions across it of
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`the Southeasterly line of the Northwesterly 10 feet of Lot 4 and of the Northwesterly line of Lot
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`5, all in Block 1, J.S. Johnson’s Subdivision of Lots P, Q, R, S and T of Johnson’s Addition to
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`Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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`The object of this lawsuit includes, among other things, the foreclosure of the following
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`mortgage held by Plaintiff. A mortgage (“Innovative Mortgage”) dated March 24, 2021, that was
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`recorded with the Office of the County Recorder in and for Hennepin County, as document
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`number. 10936435, March 25, 2021. the Innovative Mortgage encumbers the Innovative Real
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`Property.
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`Dated: October 23, 2024
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`WINTHROP & WEINSTINE, P.A.
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`/s/ Andrew Steil
`Andrew J. Steil (#387048)
` asteil@winthrop.com
`William J. Schumacher (#0397267)
` wschumacher@winthrop.com
`Austyn K. Boothe (#403141)
` aboothe@winthrop.com
`225 South Sixth Street, Suite 3500
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 604-6400
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Coulee Bank
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`ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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`The undersigned hereby acknowledges that costs, disbursements, and reasonable attorney
`and witness fees may be awarded pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 549.211, subd. 2 for the party against
`whom the allegations in this pleading are asserted.
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`/s/ Andrew Steil
`Andrew J. Steil
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`27-CV-24-16192
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`Filed in District Court
`State of Minnesota
`10/23/2024 5:08 PM
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`IF PART OF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD CONTAINS YOUR HOUSE, YOU MAY DESIGNATE AN
`AREA AS A HOMESTEAD TO BE SOLD AND REDEEMED SEPARATELY.
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`YOU MAY DESIGNATE THE HOUSE YOU OCCUPY AND ANY AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY AS A
`HOMESTEAD. THE DESIGNATED HOMESTEAD PROPERTY MUST CONFORM TO THE LOCAL ZONING
`ORDINANCES AND BE COMPACT SO THAT IT DOES NOT UNREASONABLY REDUCE THE VALUE OF
`THE REMAINING PROPERTY.
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`YOU MUST PROVIDE THE COURT WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE HOMESTEAD YOU
`HAVE DESIGNATED.
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`27-CV-24-16192
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`Filed in District Court
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`10/23/2024 5:08 PM
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`IF THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD CONTAINS SEPARATE TRACTS, YOU MAY REQUEST THAT THE
`TRACTS BE SOLD AND REDEEMED SEPARATELY. EACH OF THE SEPARATE TRACTS MUST
`CONFORM TO LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCES.
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`YOU MUST PROVIDE THE COURT WITH A COPY OF THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH OF THE
`TRACTS YOU HAVE DESIGNATED TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY
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