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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 - FRESNO DIVISION

METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

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-cv01241

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

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO 

CONTINUE RECEIVERSHIPS

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On various dates, the Court granted Plaintiffs Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s, 

MetLife Real Estate Lending Company’s, and Brighthouse Life Insurance Company’s

(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) motions for appointment of a receiver and for preliminary injunction in 

eight related cases that have since been administratively consolidated. Doc. 45, Metropolitan Life 

Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB; Doc. 18, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. 

FNF Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01226-KES-SAB; Doc. 39, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C & A

Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01230-KES-SAB; Doc. 17, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Maricopa 

Orchards, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01231-KES-SAB; Doc. 20, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Kamm 

South, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Manning 

Avenue Pistachios, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. C 

& A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01235; Doc. 18, MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC v. Panoche 

Pistachios, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01241-KES-SAB (collectively, the “Agreed Orders Appointing 

Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction” or “Orders”). Each Order required Plaintiffs to file a 

motion to continue the receivership and set a deadline of January 6, 2025 for the filing of any 

opposition. See, e.g., Doc. 45, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-

KES-SAB, at 19–20. Each Order also set a hearing for January 13, 2025, to determine whether 

the receivership should be continued. See, e.g., id. 

On December 16, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Continue Receiverships (“Motion”) in 

the lead case. Doc. 59, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KESSAB. The deadline to file any opposition has passed, the Motion is unopposed, and the Court is 

satisfied that all parties in interest have had sufficient notice of the Motion. Accordingly, the 

Motion is SUBMITTED without oral argument pursuant to Local Rule 230(g), and the hearing 

currently set for January 13, 2025, is VACATED. The Court issues the following written order.

Upon due consideration of the Motion to Continue Receiverships, pursuant to Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 66, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion to Continue 

Receiverships and FINDS as follows:

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The Agreed Orders Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction currently in effect 

in the following cases are CONTINUED until further order of the Court: Doc. 45, Metropolitan 

Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB; Doc. 18, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. 

v. FNF Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01226-KES-SAB; Doc. 39, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C & 

A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01230-KES-SAB; Doc. 17, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Maricopa 

Orchards, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01231-KES-SAB; Doc. 20, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Kamm 

South, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Manning 

Avenue Pistachios, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. C 

& A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01235; Doc. 18, MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC v. Panoche 

Pistachios, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01241-KES-SAB.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7, 2025 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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