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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, receivables of CONTINENTAL FOOD GROUP have been

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received and held in trust pursuant to a stipulated preliminary injunction; and

WHEREAS, a second amended and restated stipulation for preliminary

injunction and order thereon was filed on August 16, 2004, setting forth various

deadlines for filing and serving claims, objections and Complaints in Intervention; and

WHEREAS, certain parties filed Complaints in Intervention on or before

September 24, 2004, pursuant to the Second Amended And Restated Stipulation For

Preliminary Injunction And Order; and

WHEREAS, the Court had a scheduling conference set for December 15, 2004;

and

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 until after the December 15, 2004 scheduling conference, the Court

entered an Order pursuant to Stipulation on December 9, 2004, extending the time for

any response to the Complaints in Intervention up to and including January 15, 2005; and

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 August 15, 2005, to accommodate circulation and

consideration of a settlement proposal to be circulated by the defendants;

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

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

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

the time for LIONEL R. GUZMAN, KI THOMPSON and NEW LEAF to respond to the

Complaints in Intervention listed in Exhibit “A” attached hereto shall be extended to and

including August 15, 2005.

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

 By: /s/ Christopher E. Seymour

Christopher E. Seymour

Dated: July ___, 2005. Farley Law Firm 

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 By: /s/ Michael Farley

Michael Farley

Signatures continued on next page...

Dated: July ___, 2005. Choate & Choate

 By: /s/ Bradley L. Cornell

Bradley L. Cornell

Dated: July ___, 2005. Rynn & Janowsky

 By: /s/ Bart M. Botta

Bart M. Botta

Dated: July ___, 2005. Ledford Law Corporation

 By: /s/ Merle Ledford, III

Merl Ledford, III

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

 By: /s/ Craig A. Stokes

Craig A. Stokes

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

 By: /s/ Lawrence H. Meuers

Lawrence H. Meuers

Dated: July ___, 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 August 15, 2005 to file and serve responsive

pleadings to the Complaints in Intervention listed on Exhibit “A” hereto.

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EXHIBIT “A”

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;

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.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 15, 2005 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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