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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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JON WALLACE UPTON 46089

CHRISTOPHER E. SEYMOUR 126330

KIMBLE, MacMICHAEL & UPTON

A Professional Corporation 

5260 North Palm, Suite 221

Post Office Box 9489

Fresno, California 93792-9489

Telephone: (559) 435-5500

Attorneys for Defendant/Cross-Defendant,

NEW LEAF TREE FRUIT, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION

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FOUR SEASONS PRODUCE, INC.

Plaintiff,

vs.

CONTINENTAL FOOD GROUP, LLC, 

limited liability company; KI THOMPSON,

an individual; LIONEL R. GUZMAN, an

individual; NEW LEAF TREE FRUIT,

LLC, a limited liability company,

Defendants.

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS.

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Case No.: CIV-F-03-6374 LJO

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND

TO COMPLAINTS IN INTERVENTION 

WHEREAS, Plaintiff FOUR SEASONS PRODUCE, INC. initiated this action

on October 6, 2003, by filing a Complaint against various Defendants, including NEW

LEAF TREE FRUIT, LLC (“NEW LEAF”) alleging violations of PACA trust provisions

for perishable agricultural commodities purchased from Plaintiff by Defendant

CONTINENTAL FOOD GROUP, LLC, and concurrently seeking injunctive relief for

preservation of PACA trust assets; and

WHEREAS, the scheduling order in this action required that pleadings be filed

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by defendants in response to the intervenors’ complaints no later than July 15, 2005.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the parties’ agreement that convenience of the parties

and judicial economy would be furthered by postponing the filing and service of

responsive pleadings, the Court entered an Order pursuant to Stipulation on July 15,

2005, extending the time for any response to the Complaints in Intervention up to and

including August 15, 2005

WHEREAS, the defendants circulated a settlement proposal for consideration by

the claimants which would provide for a global settlement based on funds expected to be

received by the CFG PACA Trust from litigation in a separate PACA action in New

York, in which CFG is a claimant, by December, 2005, which proposal has been

accepted by the claimants.

WHEREAS, counsel for New Leaf thereafter drafted formal settlement

documents and forwarded it to counsel for Thompson and Guzman on September 8,

2005, but has not received formal approval of the agreement as drafted.

WHEREAS, the parties agree that convenience of the parties and judicial

economy will be served by further extending the time for defendants to respond to the

Complaints in Intervention to November 14, 2005, to allow New Leaf, Thompson and

Guzman to continue efforts to finalize and have executed, the settlement documents;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by, between and among the parties hereto, that

the time for NEW LEAF to respond to the Complaints in Intervention listed in Exhibit

“A” attached hereto shall be extended to and including November 14, 2005.

Dated: October ___, 2005. Kimble, MacMichael & Upton

 By:__/s/ Christopher E. Seymour 

Christopher E. Seymour

Dated: October ___, 2005. Farley Law Firm 

 By:__/s/ Michael Farley

Michael Farley

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Dated: October ___, 2005. Choate & Choate

 By:__/s/ Bradley L. Cornell

Bradley L. Cornell

Signatures continued on next page...

Dated: October ___, 2005. Rynn & Janowsky

 By:__/s/ Bart M. Botta

Bart M. Botta

Dated: October ___, 2005. Ledford Law Corporation

 By:__/s/ Merl Ledford, III

Merl Ledford, III

Dated: October ___, 2005. Rojas Santos Stokes & Garcia LLP

 By:__/s/ Craig A. Stokes

Craig A. Stokes

Dated: October ___, 2005. Meuers Law Firm, P.L.

 By:__/s/ Lawrence H. Meuers

Lawrence H. Meuers

Dated: October ___, 2005. Tyre Kamins Katz Granof & Menes

 By:__/s/ Alan J. Cohen

Alan J. Cohen 

ORDER

Having read and considered the above stipulation and good cause appearing

therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that Defendants LIONEL R. GUZMAN, KI THOMPSON and

NEW LEAF shall have to and including November 14, 2005 to file and serve responsive

pleadings to the following Complaints in Intervention:

Complaint in Intervention filed by DNE World Fruit Sales dba of Bernard Egan

& Company;

Complaint in Intervention of Stevco, Inc. for Violations of the Perishable

Agricultural Commodities Act;

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Complaint in Intervention by PACA Trust Claimant Euro-Pacific Fruit Export,

Inc.;

First Amended Complaint in Intervention for Violations of the Perishable

Agricultural Commodities Act, filed by Unimark Foods, Inc.;

Complaint in Intervention filed on behalf of A-W Produce Company; 

Complaint in Intervention filed on behalf of Citricos Cortes SPR de RI; and

Complaint filed by Four Seasons Produce in the above-captioned matter.

Complaint in Intervention filed on behalf of James Abbate dba Pacific Sales

Company.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 14, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

66h44d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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