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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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Lawrence H. Meuers, Esq. 

(SBN: 197663) 

MEUERS LAW FIRM, P.L. 

5395 Park Central Court 

Naples, Florida 34109 

Tel: (239) 513-9191 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

C&R FRESH LLC, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

JAVIER VAZQUEZ d/b/a LA 

ESPERANZA PRODUCE; et al., 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 5:05-cv-01458-RMW 

 PRELIMINARY

INJUNCTION ORDER 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction under the Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure 65(a), came before this Court on Friday, April 29, 2005 at 9:00 

a.m., after proper notice was issued. Counsel for the Plaintiffs appeared 

telephonically. Defendants failed to appear, despite having been properly served 

with notice of this hearing. 

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On or about April 11, 2005, Plaintiffs commenced the above entitled action 

against Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza and David B. Vazquez (collectively 

*E-FILED - 5/10/05*

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referred to as the “Defendants”), seeking to enforce payment from the statutory

trust imposed by the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930, as 

amended, 7 U.S.C. §499e(c)(2) (“PACA”). As part of their action, the Plaintiffs 

sought injunctive relief against the Defendants to enjoin and restrain them from 

violating the provisions of PACA and from dissipating assets subject to the 

PACA Trust. 

On or about April 19, 2005, on behalf of Plaintiffs, the undersigned United 

States District Court Judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order enjoining

Defendants, their counsel, agents, officers, assigns, or representatives from

dissipating, paying, transferring, assigning or selling any and all assets covered 

by or subject to the trust provisions of the PACA without agreement of the

parties or until further order of this Court. 

This Court scheduled a hearing for entry of a Preliminary Injunction and 

ordered the Plaintiffs to serve a copy of the Temporary Restraining Order on the

Defendants. 

Plaintiffs have served copies of the TRO on all Defendants. 

On Friday, April 29, 2005 at 9:00 a.m., the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Preliminary Injunction came before this Court. 

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Based upon Plaintiffs’ pleadings, the testimony and Affidavits, and the 

supporting documents, the Court finds that Defendant, Javier Vazquez d/b/a La

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Esperanza, purchased $52,774.30 in perishable agricultural commodities in 

interstate commerce from Plaintiffs, that Plaintiffs provided Defendant Javier 

Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza proper notice of intent to preserve trust benefits 

and that Defendant Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza failed to pay Plaintiffs 

for the perishable agricultural commodities in violation of PACA, 7 U.S.C. 

§499e(c). 

The Court further finds that Defendants Javier Vazquez d/b/a La 

Esperanza and David B. Vazquez have in fact dissipated the PACA trust by

failing to maintain sufficient “freely available” assets to satisfy Plaintiffs’ PACA 

trust claims. 

Plaintiffs have established that there is sufficient evidence of dissipation of 

assets subject to the PACA trust to warrant the relief granted in this order and

the Court concludes that a Preliminary Injunction should be issued. 

Based on the foregoing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

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1. Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza and its agents, officers, 

subsidiaries, assigns, financial and banking institutions, and all persons in active 

concert or participation with them or who receive actual notice of this Order are

enjoined and restrained from dissipating, paying, transferring, assigning or

selling any and all assets covered by or subject to the trust provisions of the 

PACA without agreement of the parties or until further order of this Court.

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Under §499e(c)(2) of PACA, the assets subject to this order include all of the

assets of Defendant Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza, including but not 

limited to any and all bank accounts at any and all financial institutions,

including but not limited to those accounts at Wells Fargo Bank, unless the

Defendant can prove to this Court that a particular asset is not derived from

perishable agricultural commodities, inventories of food or other products 

derived from perishable agricultural commodities or receivables or proceeds 

from the sale of such commodities or products. 

2. Plaintiffs shall not be required to post a bond in view of the fact that

Defendant Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza now holds $52,774.30 of PACA 

trust assets which belong to Plaintiffs and that this Order merely requires said 

Defendant to obey the requirements of the PACA. 

3. Within 48 hours of the entry of this Order, the Defendant Javier 

Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza shall assign all of its accounts receivable to

Plaintiffs and deposit and/or deliver complete accounts, records and information 

of all of its accounts receivable to Plaintiffs’ counsel subject to those accounts

receivable being collected by Plaintiffs’ counsel. 

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4. Defendant Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza shall endorse any

checks made, endorsed or paid to it which are trust assets and which are in its 

possession or obtainable by it at the time of the entry of this Order, or which it 

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obtains or which become obtainable by it after entry of this Order, and deliver 

them, within 48 hours of receipt, to Plaintiffs’ counsel to be held in trust pending 

further determination by this Court as to the distribution of those funds. 

5. Defendants Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza and David B.

Vazquez shall use their best efforts to cooperate with Plaintiffs in any action

which Plaintiffs or their counsel may be required to take in collecting the 

accounts receivable or other trust assets, including any action at law or equity. 

6. Immediately after the entry of this Order, Javier Vazquez and David 

B. Vazquez shall grant Plaintiff and its counsel, agents or employees, full,

complete and continuing access to all of the books and records of Defendant 

Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza, which shall include but not be limited to tax

returns, accounts, invoices, ledgers, computer runs, bank statements and 

canceled checks relating to Javier Vazquez d/b/a La Esperanza for the purpose 

of verifying the accounting as ordered by this Court. 

7. This Order shall be binding upon Defendant Javier Vazquez d/b/a 

La Esperanza, and its officers (including Javier Vazquez and David B. Vazquez), 

agents, servants, employees, banking and financial institutions, attorneys and/or 

all other persons acting in concert or participating with it who receive actual 

notice of this Order.

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8. This Order shall continue in full force and effect, except upon 

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further Order of this Court. 

9. This Court shall retain jurisdiction of this action to ensure complete 

compliance with the terms of this Order. 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at San Jose, California this 

_________ day of May, 2005. 

 

Ronald M. Whyte 

United States District Court Judge 

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/s/ Ronald M. Whyte

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