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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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Taylor Farms California, Inc. v. JC Produce, LLC Stipulation for Amendment of Complaint and Entry of Judgment

Case No. 2:08-CV-02657-LKK-GGH

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HEFNER, STARK & MAROIS, LLP

Ronald H. Sargis (CA Bar Assn. No. 105173)

2150 River Plaza Drive, Suite 450

Sacramento, CA 95833-3883

Telephone: (916) 925-6620

Fax No: (916) 925-1127

Email: Rsargis@hsmlaw.com

Attorneys fo Defendant 

JC PRODUCE, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(Sacramento Division)

Taylor Farms California, et al.,

Plaintiffs.

v.

JC Produce, LLC, a California limited

liability company,

Defendant.

LJ Distributors, Inc., a California

corporation, d/b/a Team Tomato

Plaintiff in Intervention.

v.

JC Produce, LLC

Defendant.

Monterey Mushrooms, Inc.; Henry

Avocado Corporation; Maui Fresh

International, LLC; Frieda’s Inc.; and

Amber Foods, Inc.

Plaintiffs in Intervention.

v.

JC Produce, LLC

Defendant.

Case No. 2:08-CV-02657-LKK-GGH

ORDER AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT

OF COMPLAINT TO ADD INDIVIDUAL

DEFENDANT, ADD ADDITIONAL

PLAINTIFFS, AND FOR ENTRY OF

FINAL JUDGMENT

EX PARTE

Date: N/A

Time: N/A

Place: 501 “I” Street, 4 Floor

th

 Sacramento, CA

 Courtroom 4

Judge: Hon. Lawrence K. Karlton

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Taylor Farms California, Inc. v. JC Produce, LLC Stipulation for Amendment of Complaint and Entry of Judgment

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The Stipulation to Amend the First Amended Complaint, Complaints in Intervention, and

For Entry of Judgement filed by Taylor Farms California, Inc.; Ratto Bros., Inc., Go Fresh

Produce, Inc.: Champ’s Mushrooms, Inc.; North American Produce; Mountain Meadow

Mushrooms, Inc.; Coast Citrus Distributors, Inc., d/b/a Coast Tropical d/b/a Olympic Fruit &

Vegetable Distributors; Umina Bros., Inc.; Interfresh, Inc.; Valley Fruit & Produce; Taylor

Farms Pacific, Inc; Jacob Malcolm & Burtt; Bay Area Herbs & Specialties, LLC; Progressive

Produce Corporation; Bay Area Produce, Inc.; Davalan Sales, Inc.; Forest Mushroom Food,

Inc.; Fruit Distributing Corporation; and Underwood & Wong Produce, Inc., plaintiffs

(collectively “Taylor Farm Plaintiffs”); LJ Distributors, Inc., plaintiff in intervention (“LJ Plaintiff

in Intervention”); Monterey Mushrooms, Inc.; Henry Avocado Corporation; Maui Fresh

International, LLC; Frieda’s, Inc.; and Amber Foods, Inc. plaintiffs in intervention (“Monterey

Plaintiffs in Intervention”); JC Produce, LLC, defendant, and James P. Lennane, a defendant

to be named in the Second Amended Complaint have filed their Stipulation to the amendment

of the First Amended Complaint for the add James P. Lennane as a party defendant under the

Second Cause of Action and the entry of a judgment. Upon the review of the Stipulation

executed by all parties to this action, the files in this case, the prior orders of this Court and

good cause appearing;

IT IS ORDERED that the Stipulation to amend the Second Cause of Action of the First

Amended Complaint filed by the Taylor Plaintiffs, Count 1 of the LJ Complaint in Intervention,

and Counts 1 and 2 of the Monterey Plaintiffs Complaint in Intervention to name James P.

Lennane as a defendant is granted;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Stipulation to amend the Complaint in Intervention

filed by LJ Distributors, Inc. to add Pro*Act, LLC as an additional Plaintiff in intervention is

granted. Pro*Act, LLC is represented in this case by the law firm McCarron & Diess, through

attorneys Steven McCarron and Maria Simon, and has made a general appearance in this

case through the Stipulation. 

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Taylor Farms California, Inc. v. JC Produce, LLC Stipulation for Amendment of Complaint and Entry of Judgment

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Stipulation to amend the Complaint in Intervention

filed by the Taylor Farms Plaintiffs to add Davalan Sales, Inc., Forest Mushroom Food, Inc.,

Fruit Distributing Corporation; and Underwood & Wong Produce, Inc. as additional Plaintiffs

is granted, and these additional Plaintiffs are represented by Rynn & Janowsky, LLP, counsel

for the other Taylor Farms Plaintiffs in this Action. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Taylor Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint, LJ

Complaint in Intervention, and the Monterey Plaintiffs Complaint in Intervention are each

deemed to be respectively amended pursuant to this Order without the Plaintiffs and the

Plaintiffs in Intervention filing any further amendments to the pleadings in this case; and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT judgment shall be entered in favor of the Plaintiffs

and Plaintiffs in Intervention against defendants JC Produce, Inc. and James P. Lennane as

set forth in the Stipulation.

Dated: January 25, 2010

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