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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal

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SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

Kurt A. Kappes (State Bar No.: 146384) 

Robert Milligan (State Bar No.: 217348) 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2350 

Sacramento, California 95814-4428 

Telephone: (916) 448-0159 

Facsimile: (916) 558-4839 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SUNSWEET GROWERS, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SUNSWEET GROWERS, INC., a California 

Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

RICHARD C. ATTINGER, ROBERT 

GWALTNEY, LOUISE GWALTNEY, 

CORRIE LEISEN, JANET LEISEN, ERIK 

NIELSEN ENTERPRISES, JOHN TAYLOR 

FERTILIZER, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF 

AGRICULTURE, MOE WHITCHURCH and 

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 2:05-CV-00618 GEB PAN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONCERNING TRANSFER OF THE 

INTERPLEAD FUNDS FROM BUTTE 

COUNTY COURT TO EASTERN 

DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

Plaintiff Sunsweet Growers, Inc. and Defendants Richard C. Attinger, Robert and Louise 

Gwaltney, John Taylor Fertilizer, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (collectively, the 

“Parties” in this action) hereby present the following stipulation and request that the Court enter 

the attached proposed order. 

This interpleader action was originally filed by Sunsweet in Butte County Superior Court 

on January 28, 2005, Case No. 134215. Concurrently with the filing of the complaint, Sunsweet 

deposited the sum of $83,640.75 with the Clerk of the Butte County Court. These funds 

constitute the interplead funds for which the Defendants claim an interest in this action. 

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On or about March 28, 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture removed this action to 

this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1441,1442 and 1444, because this is a civil action against the 

pecuniary interest of the United States. 

The interplead funds as well as any interest that has accrued since their deposit in January 

2005 have not been transferred from the Butte County Court to the Clerk of this Court despite 

the case’s removal. The Butte County Clerk informed Sunsweet’s counsel that the funds can 

only be released from the Butte County Court by way of stipulation submitted to the state court. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate to file the stipulation and order thereon attached 

hereto as Exhibit A with the Butte County Court. The stipulation and order thereon provide that 

the Butte County Court Clerk will transfer the interplead funds deposited by Sunsweet Growers, 

Inc. with the Butte County Clerk in Butte County Superior Court Case No. 134215, as well as 

any interest that has accrued since their deposit, to the Clerk of the Eastern District of California, 

by way of check made payable to the Clerk of the Eastern District of California, and send the 

check along with the stipulation and order thereon, to Clerk of the Eastern District of California, 

501 "I" Street, Sacramento, California 95814. 

Accordingly, the parties hereby request that the Court allow the parties to file the 

stipulation and order thereon attached hereto as Exhibit A with the Butte County Court. 

DATED: October ___, 2005 SEYFARTH SHAW LLP 

By:___/s/___________________________ 

Kurt A. Kappes 

Robert B. Milligan 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

SUNSWEET GROWERS, INC. 

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DATED: October ___, 2005 MINASIAN, SPRUANCE, BABER, 

MEITH, SOARES & SEXTON, LLP 

By__/s/____________________________ 

Paul R. Minasian 

Attorneys for RICHARD C. ATTINGER, 

ROBERT GWALTNEY, LOUISE 

GWALTNEY 

DATED: October ___, 2005 McGREGOR W. SCOTT 

United States Attorney 

By__/s/____________________________ 

 Ana Maria Martel 

Assistant U.S. Attorney 

Attorneys for UNITED STATES OF 

AMERICA, ON BEHALF OF ITS 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 

FARM SERVICE AGENCY 

DATED: October ___, 2005 RIEGELS, CAMPOS & KENYON LLP 

By__/s/____________________________ 

 David Andrew Riegels 

Attorneys for JOHN TAYLOR 

FERTILIZER 

 

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[Proposed] Order

Having read the parties’ stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby orders 

that the parties in this action may file the stipulation and order thereon attached as Exhibit A 

hereto with the Butte County Court, so that the interplead funds deposited by Sunsweet Growers, 

Inc. with the Butte County Clerk in Butte County Superior Court Case No. 134215, as well as 

any interest that has accrued since their deposit, can be transferred from Butte County to the 

Eastern District of California. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: December 5, 2005 /s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr. 

 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR. 

 United States District Judge 

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