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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLATTE RIVER’S APPLICATION 

FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH/WRIT OF ATTACHMENT 

CASE NO. 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB 

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James D. Curran, Esq. (SBN 126586) 

Shashauna Szczechowicz, Esq. (SBN 249102) 

Wolkin · Curran, LLP 

555 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 982-9390 

Facsimile: (415) 982-4328 

E-mail: jcurran@wolkincurran.com 

 sszczechowicz@wolkincuran.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE 

COMPANY, a Nebraska corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

PREMIER POWER RENEWABLE 

ENERGY, INC., a California corporation; 

DEAN RICHARDS MARKS, an 

individual; and SARILEE MARKS, an 

individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB

[Proposed] ORDER ON PLATTE 

RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY’S 

APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO 

ATTACH ORDER AND WRITS OF 

ATTACHMENT, OR IN THE 

ALTERNATIVE, FOR 

TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE 

ORDER 

Date: December 10, 2014 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 8, 13th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Judge Edmund F. Brennan

The Application for Writ of Attachment to Right to Attach Order and Writs of 

Attachment, or in the Alternative, for Temporary Protective Order (“the Application”), filed 

by Plaintiff PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY (“Platte River”), was heard by the 

Honorable Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on December 10, 2014. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLATTE RIVER’S APPLICATION 

FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH/WRIT OF ATTACHMENT 

CASE NO. 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB 

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James D. Curran of Wolkin · Curran, LLP appeared on behalf of Platte River, and 

Mark K. Slater of Slater Hersey & Lieberman, LLP appeared on behalf of Defendants DEAN 

RICHARD MARKS and SARILEE MARKS (“Defendants”). 

After considering all the papers filed in support of, and in opposition to, the 

Application, as well as oral argument by the parties’ respective counsel, the Court ordered as 

follows. 

 1. Supplemental briefs, with references to specific real and personal 

property(ies), will be filed with the Court as follows: 

1.1 Platte River will file a supplemental brief on or before January 20, 

2015. 

1.2 Defendants will file any opposition brief to Platte River’s 

supplemental brief on or before February 3, 2015. 

1.3 Platte River will file any reply brief on or before February 18, 2015. 

 2. Further hearing on the Application and the supplemental briefs will be at 

10:00 am on February 18, 2015, before the Honorable Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan 

in Courtroom 8 of the United States District Court, Eastern District of California, located at 

501 I Street, Sacramento, California. 

 3. Up to and including February 18, 2015, the Court issues the following 

Temporary Protective Order, prohibiting Defendants from transferring or encumbering, 

directly or indirectly, any interest in any real property and personal property, as follows: 

3.1 Defendants are prohibited from transferring or encumbering, directly or 

indirectly, any interest in any real property, subject to a two (2) week 

written notice to Platte River prior to any transfer or encumbrance. 

3.2 Except for payments related to Defendants’ ordinary bills (e.g., 

mortgage, utility, health, car, insurance, legal expenses in this case 

only), Defendants are prohibited from transferring or encumbering, 

directly or indirectly, any personal property or other assets with a 

value of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) or more. 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLATTE RIVER’S APPLICATION 

FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH/WRIT OF ATTACHMENT 

CASE NO. 2:14-CV-01666-WBS-EFB 

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3.3 Defendants shall be able to pay all ordinary bills (e.g., mortgage, 

utility, health, car, insurance, legal expenses in this case only) during 

the period of the Temporary Protective Order, subject to Defendants 

providing Platte River with an accounting of any payments that exceed 

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). 

3.4 Defendants shall be able to pay the attorney’s fees and costs in the 

total amount of ($5,000) incurred in the action filed in the District 

Court, County of Douglas, Colorado, Case No. 2013 CV 348 (“the 

Colorado Action”). Defendants shall provide Platte River with 

redacted (i.e., the substance of the attorney-client communications not 

shown) copies of all invoices for the attorney’s fees and costs claimed 

to be paid under the $5,000. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 16, 2015. 

Edmund F. Brennan 

Magistrate Judge 

United States District Court 

Approved as to form and content.

Dated: January 15, 2015 WOLKIN • CURRAN, LLP 

By: /s/ James D. Curran 

James D. Curran 

Shashauna Szczechowicz 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: January 15, 2015 SLATER, HERSEY & LIEBERMAN, LLP 

By: /s/ Mark K. Slater 

Mark K. Slater 

Scott Lieberman 

Elise K. Sara 

Attorneys for Defendants 

DEAN RICHARDS MARKS, and 

SARILEE MARKS 

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