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Nature of Suit Code: 220
Nature of Suit: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Foreclosure

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

ACDF, LLC, a California limited liability

company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

FNF FARMS, LLC, a California limited 

liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01226-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

C & A FARMS, LLC, a California limited 

liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01230-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MARICOPA ORCHARDS, LLC, a California 

limited liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01231-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAMM SOUTH, LLC, a California limited 

liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01232-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

MANNING AVENUE PISTACHIOS, LLC, a 

California limited liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01233-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

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BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

C & A FARMS, LLC, a California limited 

liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01235-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

METLIFE REAL ESTATE LENDING, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company,

Plaintiff,

v.

PANOCHE PISTACHIOS, LLC, a California 

limited liability company, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01241-KES-SAB

ORDER CONSOLIDATING, FOR 

ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, 

RELATED RECEIVERSHIP CASES 

PURSUANT TO FEDERAL RULE OF 

CIVIL PROCEDURE 42(a)

Upon due consideration of Plaintiff Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (“Plaintiff”) 

Motion To Consolidate, for Administrative Purposes, Related Receivership Cases (the “Motion”), 

Ex Parte Application, for good cause appearing therefor, and the Court being advised that the relief 

granted herein is agreed to or otherwise unopposed by each of the identified Parties, Intervenor and 

Interested Parties to the above-captioned case and Related Cases: (1) Plaintiff; (2) METLIFE REAL 

ESTATE LENDING, LLC; (3) BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; (4) Receiver 

PHILLIP CHRISTENSEN; (5) Defendant MARICOPA ENTITIES;1(6) NON-MARICOPA 

Defendants and Interested Parties;2(7) Intervenor U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; and 

(8) Receiver LANCE MILLER;

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 ACDF, LLC, a California limited liability company, as successor by merger to 104 

PARTNERS, LLC; WILLOW AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC; MARICOPA ORCHARDS, 

LLC; KAMM SOUTH, LLC; MANNING AVENUE PISTACHIOS, LLC; C & A FARMS, LLC; 

CANTUA ORCHARDS, LLC; FNF FARMS, LLC; and PANOCHE PISTACHIOS, LLC. 

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 DUMAR, LLC; PISTACHE, LLC; ASHLAN & HAYES INVESTMENTS, LLC; FARID 

ASSEMI, FARSHID ASSEMI, DARIUS ASSEMI, DONALD E. SCHRAMM and NADA L. 

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The Court hereby ORDERS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), as 

follows:

1) The “Lead Case” for administrative consolidation is Metropolitan Life Insurance 

Company v. ACDF, LLC, et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 

Case Number 1:24-cv-01261;

2) The cases (“Receivership Cases”) for administrative consolidation into the Lead 

Case are: Related Case Nos.: 1:24-cv-01226; 1:24-cv-01230; 1:24-cv-01231; 1:24-

cv-01232; 1:24-cv-01233; 1:24-cv-01235; and 1:24-cv-01241; 

3) The approved caption that shall be used for any consolidated filing is attached hereto 

at Exhibit 1; 

4) Matters appropriate for consolidated filing in the Lead Case shall include filings and 

reports applicable to the receivership(s) and the continuation or scope thereof in the 

Lead Case and the Receivership Cases, including: requests to intervene by an 

interested party; motions and other filings relating to the continuation or scope of 

receivership by any Party, Intervenor or Receiver Phillip Christensen; filings of 

Receiver Phillip Christensen as made necessary or appropriate by any Order 

Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction; Party and Intervenor Status 

Reports that are or may be required by the Court in advance of any Status 

Conference regarding receivership; requests by any Party or Intervenor to appear 

via Zoom video teleconferencing or telephone as otherwise permitted by the Court; 

and, any other matters as ordered by the Court sua sponte or otherwise on regularlynoticed motion, unless on an ex parte basis only for good cause appearing;

5) Except as set forth in paragraph 4 above, matters not appropriate for consolidated 

filing without further order of the Court, and which shall be filed in specific 

Receivership Cases include:

SCHRAMM REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST; THE THOMSEN FAMILY TRUST; DANIEL L. 

SWEET; CAROLE A. SWEET; DONALD E. SCHRAMM; NADA L. SCHRAMM; KEITH A. 

THOMSEN and CATHERINE S. THOMSEN, deceased.

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a. Pleadings, motions, amended pleadings pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 1 through 25;

b. Discovery and discovery related motions pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure 26 through 37;

c. Any filings not limited to motions relating to the pleadings pursuant to 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 38 through 63; and

d. Any judgment, post-judgment or remedial filings pursuant to Federal Rules 

of Civil Procedure 64 through 71. 

6) A consolidated service list shall be created by Plaintiff for the jointly administered, 

consolidated cases and shall be used with any consolidated filing;

7) The consolidated service list shall be filed by Plaintiff in the Lead Case no later 

than 24 hours following the entry of this Order; 

8) Plaintiff shall serve this Order within 48 hours of its entry on any Parties in the 

Receivership Cases who have not appeared by the time this Order is entered. 

This Order is intended and shall be interpreted solely for purposes of administrative 

efficiency, see Hall v. Hall, 138 S. Ct. 1118 (2018); 3 J. Moore & J. Friedman, Moore’s Federal 

Practice § 42.01, pp. 3050–3051 (1938), and shall not change or otherwise prejudice the substantive 

rights of any Party to any of the Receivership Cases. Without limiting the generality of the 

foregoing, the Court rules that this Order does not consolidate or otherwise change the separateness 

of any assets or liabilities of any party, or of the Receivership estates identified in the Receivership 

Cases.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 12, 2024 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

ACDF, LLC, a California limited liability 

company, et al.,

Defendants.

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 Affects All Cases

 Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. 

ACDF, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01261 

 Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. FNF 

Farms, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01226 

 Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C & 

A Farms, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01230 

 Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. 

Maricopa Orchards, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv01231 

 Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. 

Kamm South, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01232 

 Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. 

Manning Avenue Pistachios, LLC, et al., 

1:24-cv-01233 Case No. 1:24-cv-01233

 Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. 

ACDF, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01235 

 Affects MetLife Real Estate Lending, 

LLC v. Panoche Pistachios, LLC, et al., 

1:24-cv-01241

Lead Case No. 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB 

Consolidated with Case Nos:

1:24-cv-01226; 1:24-cv-01230; 

1:24-cv-01231; 1:24-cv-01232; 

1:24-cv-01233; 1:24-cv-01235; and 

1:24-cv-01241

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