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Nature of Suit Code: 150
Nature of Suit: Overpayments &amp; Enforcement of Judgments
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,

Plaintiff,

v.

PANDOL ASSOCIATES MARKETING, 

INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15 -mc-00060-SAB

ORDER FOR APPEARANCE AND

EXAMINATION OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR

JAMES PANDOL

(ECF No. 2)

I.

INTRODUCTION

On May 14, 2015, judgment was entered in favor of Plaintiff Nippon Yusen Kaisha

(Plaintiff/judgment creditor) and against Defendant Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.

(Defendant/judgment debtor) in the United States District Court for the Central District of 

California. (ECF No. 2-3.) On November 3, 2015, Plaintiff registered the foreign judgment in 

the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) On November 4, 2015, Plaintiff filed an ex parte 

application for James Pandol to appear for examination. (ECF No. 2.) 

II.

DISCUSSION

Registration of foreign judgments is governed by 28 U.S.C. § 1963 which provides that a 

judgment entered in district court may be registered by filing a certified copy of the judgment in 

any judicial district once the judgment has become final. A judgment which is registered has the 

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same effect as a judgment of the district court where it is registered and may be enforced in like 

manner. 28 U.S.C. § 1963. The Court finds that Plaintiff has satisfied the requirement of 28 

U.S.C. § 1963 because judgment in the amount of $77,439.38 has been entered by this Court. 

(ECF No. 1.)

Now that the judgment has been registered, Plaintiff has filed an application for a debtor

examination and production of documents. (ECF No. 2.) Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 69(a)(1), “[t]he procedure on execution – and in proceedings supplementary to and in 

aid of judgment or execution – must accord with the procedure of the state where the court is 

located, but a federal statute governs to the extent it applies.” “[T]he procedure on execution is to 

be in accordance with the procedure of the state in which the district court is located at the time 

the remedy is sought.” In re Estate of Ferdinand Marcos Human Rights Litigation, 536 F.3d 980, 

987-88 (9th Cir. 2008). In turn, California Code of Civil Procedure § 708.110 provides, in 

relevant part:

(a) The judgment creditor may apply to the proper court for an order requiring the 

judgment debtor to appear before the court, or before a referee appointed by the 

court, at a time and place specified in the order, to furnish information to aid in 

enforcement of the money judgment.

(b) If the judgment creditor has not caused the judgment debtor to be examined 

under this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall make the order 

upon ex parte application of the judgment creditor.

(c) If the judgment creditor has caused the judgment debtor to be examined under 

this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall make the order if the 

judgment creditor by affidavit or otherwise shows good cause for the order. The 

application shall be made on noticed motion if the court so directs or a court rule 

so requires. Otherwise, it may be made ex parte.

(d) The judgment creditor shall personally serve a copy of the order on the 

judgment debtor not less than 10 days before the date set for the examination. 

Service shall be made in the manner specified in Section 415.10. Service of the 

order creates a lien on the personal property of the judgment debtor for a period of 

one year from the date of the order unless extended or sooner terminated by the 

court.

(e) The order shall contain the following statement in 14-point boldface type if 

printed or in capital letters if typed: “NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR. If you 

fail to appear at the time and place specified in this order, you may be subject to 

arrest and punishment for contempt of court and the court may make an order 

requiring you to pay the reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the judgment 

creditor in this proceeding.”

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Cal Civ. Proc. Code § 708.110(a)-(e). California Code of Civil Procedure § 708.160(b) also

provides that "[a] person sought to be examined may not be required to attend an examination 

before a court located outside the county in which the person resides or has a place of business 

unless the distance from the person's place of residence or place of business to the place of 

examination is less than 150 miles." Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 708.160(b).

Plaintiff's application sets forth the showing required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

69(a)(2) and the applicable provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 708.110 and 

708.160.

Plaintiff also seeks to require the judgement debtor to produce documents prior to the 

examination. Under California law, judgment debtor proceedings “permit the judgment creditor 

to examine the judgment debtor, or third persons who have property of or are indebted to the 

judgment debtor, in order to discover property and apply it toward the satisfaction of the money 

judgment.” United States v. Feldman, 324 F. Supp. 2d 1112, 1116 (C.D. Cal. 2004) (quoting 

Imperial Bank v. Pim Elec., Inc., 33 Cal.App.4th 540 (1995)). Debtor examination is intended 

“to allow the judgment creditor a wide scope of inquiry concerning property and business affairs 

of the judgment debtor, and to leave no stone unturned in the search for assets which might be 

used to satisfy the judgment.” Alcalde v. NAC Real Estate Investments & Assignments, Inc., 580 

F. Supp. 2d 969, 970 (C.D. Cal. 2008) (citations and internal punctuation omitted). 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 authorizes a party to seek production of documents. 

Further, California Code of Civil Procedure section 708.030(a) provides that a “judgment creditor 

may demand that any judgment debtor produce and permit the party making the demand, or 

someone acting on that party’s behalf, to inspect and to copy a document that is in the possession, 

custody, or control of the party on whom the demand is made. . . .” Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 

708.030. Accordingly, the judgment debtor shall produce the following documents for inspection 

as directed by this order.

a. Any and all information and documentation identifying real property, personal 

property, computers, intellectual property, vehicles, boats, brokerage accounts, 

retirement accounts, life insurance policies, bank deposits, securities, cash and all 

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other assets owned by Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc., including, but not 

limited to, information relating to financial accounts and monies owed to Pandol 

Associates Marketing, Inc. by others. Such information and documents, shall

include, without limitation, the location of any and all property and assets of

Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.

b. All tax returns filed by Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc. with any governmental 

body for the years 2013 through the present.

c. All of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s accounting records, computerized,

electronic and/or in printed or paper format for the years 2014 through the present.

d. All of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s statements, cancelled checks and 

related banking documents for any bank, brokerage or financial account at least 

partially controlled by Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc., or recorded in the name 

of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc. for the years 2014 through the present.

e. All of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s checkbooks, checkbook stubs and

checkbook entries for the years 2014 through the present.

f. Any settlement agreements by which another party has agreed to pay money to 

Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.

g. All of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s records of accounts payable and

receivables, payroll check stubs, passbooks, financial statements, deeds, 

promissory notes and stock registers.

h. All credit card statements of Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc. for the years 2014

through the present.

1. Documents sufficient to show Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s balance sheet 

for each month for the years 2014 through the present.

j. Documents sufficient to show Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s gross revenues 

for each month for the years 2014 through the present.

k. Documents sufficient to show Pandol Associates Marketing, Inc.’s costs and 

expenses for each month for the years 2014 through the present.

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III.

CONCLUSION

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Defendant/judgment debtor James Pandol shall appear personally on Wednesday, 

January 6, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in Courtroom 9 of the United States District

Courthouse, located at 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, 93721, to furnish

information to aid in enforcement of a money judgment by answering questions 

about the Defendant/judgment debtor’s real and personal property and assets; 

2. Judgment debtor shall produce documents responsive to this order to Alan 

Nakazawa of Cogswell Nakazawa & Chang, LLP, 444 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 

1410, Long Beach, California 90802 on or before December 21, 2015; and

3. Plaintiff/judgment creditor must serve this order upon Defendant/judgment debtor

James Pandol personally not less than ten (10) days before the date set for the

examination and must file a certificate of such service with the Court;

NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE TIME 

AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THIS ORDER, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO ARREST 

AND PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT AND THE COURT MAY MAKE 

AN ORDER REQUIRING YOU TO PAY THE REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES 

INCURRED BY THE JUDGMENT CREDITOR IN THIS PROCEEDING.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 5, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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