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Nature of Suit Code: 891
Nature of Suit: Agricultural Acts
Cause of Action: 07:499 Agricultural Commodities Act

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JON WALLACE UPTON 46089

CHRISTOPHER E. SEYMOUR 126330

KIMBLE, MacMICHAEL & UPTON

A Professional Corporation 

5260 North Palm, Suite 221

Post Office Box 9489

Fresno, California 93792-9489

Telephone: (559) 435-5500

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant,

NEW LEAF TREE FRUIT, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

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FOUR SEASONS PRODUCE, INC.

Plaintiff,

vs.

CONTINENTAL FOOD GROUP, LLC, 

limited liability company; KI THOMPSON,

an individual; LIONEL R. GUZMAN, an

individual; NEW LEAF TREE FRUIT,

LLC, a limited liability company,

Defendants.

AND RELATED COMPLAINTS-ININTERVENTION.

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Case No.: CIV-F-03-6374 LJO

ORDER DETERMINING GOOD FAITH

SETTLEMENT 

[CCP Sec. 877.6(a)(2)]

[No Hearing Requested]

Judge:Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

The Application of defendants New Leaf Tree Fruit, LLC and Lionel R. Guzman,

dated February 14, 2006, for an order determining the good faith of a settlement having

been presented to this court; and 

IT APPEARING TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COURT THAT the said

Application is made pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section 877.6(a)(2); and that

copies of the said Application, together with a Notice of Settlement, and a copy of this

Order were served by certified mail with return receipt requested on this Court and all

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parties to this action on February 14, 2006; and that no notice of motion to contest the

good faith of the said settlement has been served or filed within the time allowed by

Code of Civil Procedure Section 877.6(a)(2); and that no confidentiality clause of any

kind is contained in the said settlement agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the settlement agreement described

in the said Application was made and entered into in good faith between the parties to the

agreement, within the meaning and effect of Code of Civil Procedure Section 877.6,

except as to any claims of Chapter 7 Debtor Continental Food Group, LLC. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 14, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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