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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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Steven Koch, Esq. (SBN 222938)

GUBLER & IDE

i 110 North Chinowth Street

Visalia, California 93291

Tel: (559) 625-9600

Fax: (559) 625-9605

Ira N . Gla uber, Esq .

JAFFE & ASHER LLP

600 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Tel: (212) 687-3000

Fax: (212) 687-9639

Attorneys for Plaintiff American Express

T r ave l Rel a ted Serv ices Com p any, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED :

SERVICES COMPANY, INC., a New York

Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

D&A CORPORATION d/b/a BAKERSFIELD 

WHOLESALE FOODS, a California Corporation, :

ABDO AEZAH, an Individual, MALAKA M. 

AEZAH, an Individual, DAVID AEZAH, an :

Individual, BAKERSFIELD GROCERY

WHOLESALE, an unincorporated business entity, :

DAVE AEZAH INVESTMENT, INC., a

Califo rn ia corpor a tio n , a n d D O ES 1 th ro ugh

100, Inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No. Civ-04-6737 OWW TAG

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Date: June 12, 2007

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Place: Courtroom 3

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Upon reading and filing the annexed Affidavit of Mark H. Moore, sworn to May 29,

2007, and the exhibits annexed thereto, the accompanying exhibits, the accompanying 

Memorandum of Points and Authorities dated May 29, 2007, and all prior proceedings had 

herein, 

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LET defendants David Aezah, Bakersfield Grocery Wholesale (an unincorporated

business entity) and Dave Aezah Investment, Inc. ("DAI") (a California corporation) show cause

before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, at the United States

Courthouse, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California, before the Honorable Oliver W. Wanger, in 

Courtroom 3, on June 12, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard,

why an o rder o f co n te mp t sh o u ld not b e is sued herein pursuant to 18 U .S.C. § 4 0 1 : (1) imp o s in g

a p p rop r ia t e co n te mp t s anctio ns u p o n the D avid D e fend ants , su b ject to an op p o r tunity to purge

within seven days from the entry of an order of contempt, and awarding American Express its

reasonable attorneys' fees on the instant application in an amount no less than $5,000.00; and (2)

the appointment of a receiver.

ORDERED that sufficient cause appearing therefor, let service of a copy of this Order

To Show Cause, together with the papers upon which it is granted: (1) on defendants David

Aezah, DAI and Bakersfield Grocery Wholesale, by delivery to their counsel in this lawsuit,

Gary Huss, Esq. at Wild, Carter & Tipton, 246 West Shaw Avenue, Fresno, California 93704; and

(2) defendants Abdo Aezah, Malaka Aezah and D&A Corporation d/b/a Bakersfield

Wholesale Foods, by delivery to their counsel of record, Russell VanRozeboom, Esq. at Caswell

B e ll & H illis o n LLP , 5200 N o rth Palm A venue, F res no, Califo r n i a , on or be fo r e th e 7 da y of t h

June, 2007 shall be deemed good and sufficient service; and it is further 

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ORDERED that such defendants shall serve their responses to this application

electronically, by hand or by express mail, so as to be received by Gubler & Koch, 1110 North 

Chinowth Street, Visalia, California 93291 and Jaffe & Asher LLP, 600 Third Avenue, New

York, New York 10016 on or before the 11 day of June, 2007, on or before 12:00 p.m. th

DATED: 6/5/2007

/s/ Oliver W. Wanger

U.S. District Judge

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