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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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(SPACE BELOW FOR FILING STAMP ONLY) 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FOX HOLLOW OF TURLOCK 

OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, a California 

Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RICHARD SINCLAIR, an individual; et 

al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. CIV-F-03-5439 OWW DLB

(Consolidated with 1:03-CV-5774 OWW SMS) 

and Stanislaus County Superior Court Case No. 

322675 

ORDER RE: MOTION TO WITHDRAW 

AS COUNSEL; COUNTER-MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE CONSOLIDATED 

AMENDED AND SUPPLEMENTAL 

COMPLAINT, PROPOSED 

SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY AND EX 

PARTE APPLICATIONS TO CONTINUE 

ALL DATES INCLUDING TRIAL DATE; 

AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO 

INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS RE SAME 

AND CONSOLIDATED ACTIONS 

Date: March 1, 2010

Time: 11:00 a.m. 

Location: Courtroom No. 3 

 U.S. District Court 

2500 Tulare Street 

Fresno, CA 93721 

Hon. Oliver W. Wanger

The following matters came on for hearing before the Court, the Honorable Oliver W. 

Wanger presiding, on January 25, 2010: Motion for Leave to Withdraw as Counsel by Daniel S. 

Truax, Lisa Blanco Jimenez, and Neumiller & Beardslee (collectively “Neumiller”), Docket # 

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333 (“Motion to Withdraw); Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Counter-Motion for Leave to File 

Consolidated Amended and Supplemental Complaint, Docket # 337 (“Motion for Leave to 

Amend”); lodged Substitution of Attorney by Richard C. Sinclair, Esq. (“Mr. Sinclair”), Docket 

#s 339, 347 and 353 (“Proposed Substitution”); and the Ex Parte Applications to continue all 

dates including trial date, filed by Mr. Sinclair, Docket #s 334, and 340 (“Applications to 

Continue”). 

Lisa Blanco Jimenez and Neumiller Beardslee appeared on behalf of Defendants 

RICHARD SINCLAIR (“Mr. Sinclair”), BRANDON SINCLAIR (“Brandon Sinclair”), 

GREGORY MAUCHLEY (“Mr. Mauchley”), MAUCTRST, L.L.C. (“Mauctrst LLC”), 

CAPSTONE TRUST, STANLEY FLAKE as TRUSTEE (“Capstone Trust”), LAIRTRUST, 

L.L.C. (“Lairtrust LLC”), and CAPSTONE, L.L.C. (“Capstone LLC”) in case number CIV-F-03-

5439 OWW DLB (the “Fox Hollow Action”), Defendants Mauctrst LLC, Mr. Mauchley, DIANA 

MAUCHLEY (“Mrs. Mauchley”), Capstone LLC, Capstone Trust, Brandon Sinclair, Lairtrust 

LLC, Mr. Sinclair, DEBORAH A. SINCLAIR (“Mrs. Sinclair”), SE, a California Corporation 

(“SE”), STANLEY M. FLAKE (“Mr. Flake”), STANLEY M. FLAKE, Trustee, F. HANSE 

TRUST, udt dated February 2, 1993 (“Hanse Trust”), and STANLEY M. FLAKE, Trustee, THE 

JULIE INSURANCE TRUST, udt dated January 29, 1993 (“Julie Trust”) in case number 1:03- 

CV-5774 OWW SMS (the “CEMG Action’) that is consolidated with the Fox Hollow Action, 

and Plaintiffs Lairtrust LLC, Mauctrst LLC and Capstone LLC in removed Stanislaus County 

Superior Court, case number 332675 (the “Lairtrust Action”) that is consolidated with the Fox 

Hollow Action, (collectively the “Defendants”). 

D. Greg Durbin and McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth LLP, appeared on 

behalf of Plaintiff FOX HOLLOW OF TURLOCK OWNERS ASSOCIATION (“Fox Hollow 

HOA”) in the Fox Hollow Action and Plaintiff CALIFORNIA EQUITY MANAGEMENT 

GROUP, INC. (“CEMG”) in the CEMG Action and Defendants Fox Hollow, CEMG and 

ANDREW KATAKIS in the Lairtrust Action (collectively the “Plaintiffs”). 

The Court having considerd such matters, having issued its tentative decisions at the 

hearing , and having heard from counsel for the parties herein, and good cause appearing, 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The non-individual Defendants, including Mauctrst LLC, Capstone Trust, Lairtrust 

LLC, Capstone LLC, SE, Hanse Trust and Julie Trust, shall obtain replacement counsel who shall 

appear in this matter prior to March 1, 2010. 

2. Mr. Sinclair shall not represent any of the Defendants in the within action other 

than himself, individually, and other than a non-individual Defendant in which he is and at all 

times has been the sole owner. 

3. Mr. Sinclair shall communicate with Ms. Jimenez forthwith with respect to the 

withdrawal of counsel by the Neumiller firm and the substitution of new counsel of record on 

behalf of Defendants. 

4. A Status Conference shall be held before the Court on March 1, 2010, at 11:00 

a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter is heard, for the purpose of setting a firm schedule for a 

final resolution of this case, with Mr. Sinclair being permitted to appear telephonically if he is 

physically unable to appear in person. 

5. The Motion to Withdraw is granted as to Mr. Sinclair individually, without 

conditions, and otherwise continued to the time and place of the Status Conference on March 1, 

2010. 

6. The Motion to Amend may be noticed and set for hearing by Plaintiffs for March 

1, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard. 

7. Except as provided herein, the Applications to Continue are denied, and no further 

continuances will be given based upon Mr. Sinclair’s condition. 

8. The settlement conference set herein for February 12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., in 

Courtroom 9, is hereby ordered vacated. 

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IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED THAT: 

9. The individual Defendants, including Brandon Sinclair, Mr. Mauchley, Mr. Flake, 

Mrs. Mauchley and Mrs. Sinclair are each ordered to appear at the hearing before the Court in 

Courtroom 3 of the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division, 

at 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721, on March 1, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter 

as the matter is heard, to show cause, if any there be, why they should not be required to engage 

counsel of their own choosing (other than Mr. Sinclair) to represent their interests in this matter 

and why a firm schedule for a final resolution of this case should not then and there be adopted. 

Dated: February 8, 2010 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States Senior District Judge 

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