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Nature of Suit Code: 422
Nature of Suit: Bankruptcy Appeals Rule 28 USC 158
Cause of Action: 11:101 Bankruptcy

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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In re INTERNATIONAL 

MANUFACTURING GROUP, INC.,

Debtor.

CIV. NO. 2:16-2873 WBS

BANKR. ADV. NO. 16-2090-D

BANKR. NO. 14-25820-D-11

ORDER ADOPTING THE BANKRUPTCY 

JUDGE’S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF 

FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

BEVERLY N. McFARLAND, Chapter 

11 Trustee, 

Plaintiff,

v.

CALIFORNIA BANK & TRUST, a 

California corporation; BANK 

OF AMERICA, N.A., a Delaware 

corporation; and JAMESTOWN 

S’KLALLAM TRIBE, 

Defendants.

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Plaintiff Beverly N. McFarland’s adversary proceeding 

against ZB, N.A. (the “Bank”), doing business as California Bank 

& Trust, is currently pending in the bankruptcy court in 

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connection with International Manufacturing Group, Inc.’s (“IMG”) 

Chapter 11 case. In the bankruptcy court, the Bank filed a 

motion to dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint. (Adv. No. 

16-2090-D, Docket No. 85.) Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(c)(1), In 

re Bellingham Insurance Agency, Inc., 702 F.3d 553, 565 (9th Cir. 

2012), and Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison, 134 S. 

Ct. 2165, 2175 (2014), on December 6, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court 

submitted its proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to 

this Court for review.

The district court reviews de novo a bankruptcy judge’s

proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law as to “those

matters to which any party has timely and specifically objected.” 

28 U.S.C. § 157(c)(1); see also Fed. R. Bankr. P. 9033(d). Here, 

the parties have filed a stipulation, adopted by the bankruptcy 

court, which states that neither party would file objections to 

the bankruptcy court’s decision and that they would consent to an 

order by the district court approving the findings of fact and 

conclusions of law pursuant to Federal Rule of Bankruptcy 

Procedure 9033(b).

Upon de novo review, the court finds the proposed 

findings of fact and conclusions of law to be supported by the 

record and by proper analysis. Therefore, the court ADOPTS the 

Bankruptcy Judge’s proposed findings of fact and conclusions of 

law (Docket No. 1) and, accordingly HEREBY ORDERS as follows: 

1. Count 10 of the Amended Complaint is DISMISSED. 

2. Count 9 is DISMISSED as to the five obligations 

incurred by IMG in favor of the Bank more than seven years before 

the commencement of IMG’s chapter 11 case. 

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3. Counts 1, 2, and 4 are DISMISSED with respect to 

repayments made to the Bank on loans made to IMG outside the

seven-year period. 

Dated: December 21, 2016

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