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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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ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO FILE UNDER SEAL CASE NO.: 2:09-CV-00009-TLN-AC

Holland & Knight LLP

50 California Street, Suite 2800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415.743.6900

Fax: 415.743.6910

Matthew P. Vafidis (California Bar No. 103578)

John Kern (California Bar No. 206001)

Jessica Lanier (California Bar No. 303395)

Daniel Kappes (California Bar No. 303454)

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

50 California Street, Suite 2800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: 415-743-6900

Fax: 415-743-6910

E-mail: matthew.vafidis@hklaw.com 

john.kern@hklaw.com

jessica.lanier@hklaw.com 

daniel.kappes@hklaw.com

Attorneys for Non-Party Proposed Additional Judgment Debtors

GARY O. MARINO, PATRIOT EQUITY, LLC 

and PACIFIC RAIL HOLDINGS, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

PATRIOT RAIL CORP., a Delaware 

corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

SIERRA RAILROAD COMPANY, a 

California corporation,

Defendant.

Case No.: 2:09-CV-00009-TLN-AC

ORDER GRANTING GARY O. 

MARINO, PATRIOT EQUITY, LLC, 

AND PACIFIC RAIL HOLDINGS, 

LLC’S, REQUEST TO

FILE DOCUMENTS UNDER SEAL

SIERRA RAILROAD COMPANY, a 

California corporation,

Counter-Claimant,

v.

PATRIOT RAIL, LLC, PATRIOT RAIL 

CORPORATION, and LARRY COE,

Counter-Defendants.

Hearing Date: February 25, 2016

Hearing Time: 2 p.m.

Dept.: Courtroom 2

Judge: Hon. Troy L. Nunley

AND ALL RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

AND COUNTERCLAIMANTS.

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PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO FILE UNDER SEAL CASE NO.: 2:09-CV-00009-TLN-AC

Holland & Knight LLP

50 California Street, Suite 2800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415.743.6900

Fax: 415.743.6910

Non-Party Proposed Additional Judgment Debtors Gary O. Marino, Patriot Equity, LLC, and 

Pacific Rail Holdings, LLC, (formerly known as “Patriot Rail Holdings, LLC”) having filed a 

Request to File Documents Under Seal, 

And papers and argument in support this Request having been submitted to and duly 

considered by this Court,

AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

(1) The following documents will be filed under seal:

a. The Declaration of Douglas Aguilera (“Aguilera Decl.”)

b. Purchase Price Allocation, Pursuant to FASB ASC 805—Business Combinations, 

Acquisitions of Patriot Rail Corp., Valuation Date: June 18, 2012, prepared by ValueScope Inc., 

Exhibit B to the Aguilera Decl.

c. Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of May 4, 2012 among Patriot Funding LLC and 

Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, Exhibit C to the Aguilera Decl.

d. Patriot Rail Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries, Consolidated Financial Report, 

December 31, 2011 and 2010, including the Independent Auditor’s Report issued by McGladrey, 

Exhibit D to the Aguilera Decl.

e. Patriot Rail Corp., Consolidated Financial Statements as of December 31, 2012 and 

for the Period from January 1, 2012 through June 18, 2012 (Predecessor Period) and from June 19, 

2012 through December 31, 2012 (Successor Period), PricewaterhouseCoopers, Exhibit E to the 

Aguilera Decl.

f. Funds Flow Memorandum, Exhibit F to the Aguilera Decl. 

g. Patriot Rail Company and Subsidiaries Financial Compliance Package, 3rd Quarter 

2015, Exhibit G to the Aguilera Decl.

h. Patriot Rail Company LLC Consolidated Financial Statements, December 31, 2014, 

Exhibit H to the Aguilera Decl.

i. Patriot Rail, LLC Summary of Distributions, Exhibit I to the Aguilera Decl.

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PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO FILE UNDER SEAL CASE NO.: 2:09-CV-00009-TLN-AC

Holland & Knight LLP

50 California Street, Suite 2800

San Francisco, CA 94111

Tel: 415.743.6900

Fax: 415.743.6910

j. Chart used to validated unitholders’ ownership percentages, Exhibit B to the 

Declaration of Joyce Balfour (“Balfour Decl.”)

k. Representative American Express (“AMEX”) bill chart, Exhibit C to Balfour Decl.

l. Patriot Rail Holdings, LLC, Investor Rights Agreement, Exhibit A to the Declaration 

of Robert Derrick

m. Excerpts from Deposition of Mike Hart, Exhibit D to the Declaration of Gary O. 

Marino

n. Loan Agreement between Old Patriot and Prudential Capital Group, Exhibit E to the 

Declaration of Bennett Marks (“Marks Decl.”)

o. Bennett Marks’s Employment Agreement with New Patriot, Exhibit K to the Marks 

Decl.

p. Transcript of the October 8, 2015 hearing, placed under seal by this Court, Exhibit A 

to the Declaration of John Kern (“Kern Decl.”)

q. Excerpts from the Deposition of Mike Hart, Exhibit B to Kern Decl.

r. Loan Agreement between SRC and Sierra, Exhibit N to Kern Decl.

s. Excerpts from the Deposition of Chris Kinney, Exhibit O to Kern Decl.

t. Excerpts from the Deposition of Jennifer Whiteman, Exhibit P to Kern Decl. 

(2) All parties, their representative counsel, all Non-Party Proposed Additional 

Judgment Debtors, and this Court’s staff should be permitted access to these documents under seal 

as necessary to rule upon or adjudicate any motions and/or claims in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2016

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