Migration Assistant Can't Find Network User

We are trying to migrate an old MAC to a newer MAC over our network. Migration Assistant finds each MAC but it won't find the old User who is a Network User. Any ideas as to why this User is not showing up in Migration Assistant?
Thanks!

Boot the mini with the Recovery HD, erase it, reinstall Lion, and on first boot, use the Setup Assistant to do the migration. See Pondini's Setup New Mac guide for the details.

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