Aaron Richard Monk

1 5920 W Laurie Lane Apt 219

Glendale, Arizona 85302
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3 CITY OF PHOENIX MUNICIPAL COURT

MARICOPA COUNTY, STATE OF ARIZONA
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) Case No.: 4189609
6 State of Arizona, )
) Motion For Financial Payment Arrangement
7 Plaintiff, ) Due to Economic Hardship
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9 Aaron Richard Monk, )
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10 Defendant )

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Dated this December 2,2010
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5920 W Laurie Lane Apt 219
16 Glendale, Arizona 85302
Aaron Richard Monk
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18 Honorable Chief Presiding Judge

Roxanne K. Song Ong
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20 I am writing this to you in the hope that I may be able to obtain

21 assistance with some civil traffic citations. I know that I was

22 irresponsible operating a motor vehicle without liability insurance and

23 expired registration. I have plead guilty to both citations and accept full

24 responsibility for them.

25 However, I am prone to making mistakes and using bad judgement as we all

26 are. My financial situation over the past several years has been one

27 hardship after another and I let my auto insurance lapse to cover other

28 bills. My truck is an older model and I have been unable to obtain

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 registration for it because it won’t pass emissions and I lacked the funds to
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make the necessary repairs for it to pass. So I got pulled over one day when
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an Officer saw my expired tags and now here I am, ashamed, without a license,
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and about to become even deeper in debt because the Court is going to send me
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to a collection agency because I can’t pay the $1,653.60 fines in full.
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My license has already been suspended for lack of payment but so far
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haven’t need it anyway as Ive been on unemployment since June and having hard
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time obtaining employment. However, it will be even harder for me to find a
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job without a valid license and the Court is now demanding full payment
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before they will lift the suspension.
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When my fines were assessed this past August the Financial Enforcement
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Department gave me a job search form to complete and return since my gross
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income was only $647 at the time and they wouldn’t work a payment plan for me
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then since my income was too low. I failed to complete the forms as required
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and just figured they would let me make a payment arrangement anyway. I was
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completely wrong and messed up big time. They told me full payment would now
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be due and there was nothing they could do for me.
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Now I have just received a final notice of default and full payment is
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expected by December 8, 2010 or my account will be sent to a collection
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agency which will only serve to add more fees to my fine and drive me deeper
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in debt and further my economic hardship.
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Since the time I was at court my unemployment benefit has increased to
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$1,060 a month and I am also receiving food stamp assistance. So now my groo
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income is $1,260 and my monthly expenses are $607 a month.
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25 I am asking the court to give me a second chance to establish an acceptable

26 payment plan, lift my driver’s license suspension, and keep my account away

27 from a collection agency. If I fail to comply with the payment plan then I

28 am fully aware that referral to a collection agency and re-suspension of my

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 driver’s license will be enforced against me. I want to pay the fines and be
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responsible for my actions but the current situation I am in will simply
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create more hardships for me. I feel that my current fine of $1,653.50 is
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adequate punishment.
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5 I thank you for your time and hope you can see fit to give me a second

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Sincerely,
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Aaron Richard Monk
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