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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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[Proposed] Order Granting Motion to Intervene and to Amend 

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Lawrence H. Meuers, Esq. (SBN 197663) 

MEUERS LAW FIRM, P.L. 

5395 Park Central Court 

Naples, FL 34109 

Telephone: (239)513-9191 

Facsimile: (239)513-9677 

lmeuers@meuerslawfirm.com 

Attorneys for Intervenor Plaintiff, Dennis Sales, Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

INN FOODS, INC., 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

TURNER MEAD, LLC, and PAUL 

STEVEN MEAD, III, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:07-cv-649 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF DENNIS SALES, LTD. 

FOR LEAVE TO INTERVENE AND TO AMEND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Motion of Dennis Sales, Ltd. for Leave to Intervene and to Amend 

Preliminary Injunction came before this Court on Friday, September 21, 2007 9:00 a.m., 

after proper notice was issued. Katy Koestner Esquivel, counsel for the Plaintiff and 

Intervening Plaintiff appeared telephonically. 

 The Court finds that Dennis’ claims an interest relating to property which is the 

subject of this action, under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (“PACA”), 7 

U.S.C. §499a, et seq., which law requires full payment promptly to unpaid produce 

suppliers or sellers, and establishes a statutory trust for the benefit of all unpaid 

qualified produce suppliers or sellers. The Court further finds that Dennis is so 

situated that the disposition of this action may, as a practical matter, impede Dennis’ 

ability to protect that interest, and that Dennis’ interest is not adequately represented 

by Inn Foods, given that the Court has entered a Preliminary Injunction Order for the 

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unopposed

No party appeared

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benefit of Inn Foods, only, thereby freezing the PACA trust assets held in trust by 

defendant Turner Mead, LLC (“Turner Mead”) and inhibiting payment of these assets 

to anyone other than Inn Foods. The Court further finds that if the Preliminary 

Injunction Order is not amended to permit Dennis to share in the PACA trust assets, it 

will continue to inhibit Dennis from receiving any payments from Turner Mead. The 

Court further finds that Dennis’ claim and the main action have common questions of 

law and fact. 

 Based on the foregoing, and there being no objection to Dennis’ intervention, IT 

IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. The Motion of Dennis Sales, Ltd. for Leave to Intervene and to Amend 

Preliminary Injunction is GRANTED. 

 2. Dennis will file the proposed form of Complaint in Intervention attached 

to Dennis’ motion within fifteen (15) days of the date of this Order. 

 3. Dennis will serve its Complaint In Intervention, after filing, upon all 

named defendants in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and any 

applicable local rules. 

 4. Within ten (10) days of the date of this Order, Dennis and original 

plaintiff Inn Foods will jointly submit a proposed form of Amended Preliminary 

Injunction Order, which will permit Dennis to share in the PACA trust assets held in 

trust by defendant Turner Mead and provide for Dennis to receive payments from 

Turner Mead. 

 5. Immediately upon entry of this Order and until the Court has entered an 

order amending the Preliminary Injunction Order in the manner described above in 

Paragraph 4 of this Order, Inn Foods will hold in escrow, for the benefit of both Inn 

Foods and Dennis, any and all PACA trust assets it has received to date and any future 

payments of PACA trust assets it receives from the defendants in connection with this 

litigation. 

 

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[Proposed] Order Granting Motion to Intervene and to Amend 

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DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at San Francisco, California this ___ day of 

_______, 2007. 

 

 Susan Illston 

 United States District Court Judge 

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