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Parties Involved:
88 Connection Corporation
Defendant
BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC
Plaintiff
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff
Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated
Plaintiff
Nevada Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff
Pacific Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff
The Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Plaintiff
The Southern New England Telephone Company
Plaintiff
Wisconsin Bell, Inc.
Plaintiff

Document Text:

EXHIBIT B

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Pacific Bell Telephone Company,

BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC,

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company,

Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana

Bell Telephone Company, Incorporated,

Nevada Bell Telephone Company, The

Ohio Bell Telephone Company, The

Southern New England Telephone

Company, and Wisconsin Bell, Inc.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

88 Connection Corporation

Defendant.

Case No: 3:15-mc-80135-LB

[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR APPEARANCE

AND EXAMINATION OF CHARLIE ZHAO,

PRESIDENT AND/OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE

OFFICER OF JUDGMENT DEBTOR 88

CONNECTION CORPORATION

INTRODUCTION

On May 15, 2015, Pacific Bell Telephone Company, BellSouth Telecommunications,

LLC, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, Indiana Bell

Telephone Company, Incorporated, Nevada Bell Telephone Company, The Ohio Bell Telephone

Company, and Wisconsin Bell, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “the AT&T ILECs”) registered a

Foreign Judgment. (Doc. 1). The Foreign Judgment is a court order issued by the United States

District Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, Civil Action No. 13-

cv-01157-L-KSC entering a default judgment against 88 Connection Corporation in the amount

of Four Million Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars ($4,013,459.00). On July

29, 2015, this Court issued an Abstract of Judgment. (Doc. 5). On August 5, 2015, the AT&T

ILECs filed an Application for an Order for the Appearance and Examination of Charlie Zhao,

President and/or Chief Executive Officer of Judgment Debtor 88 Connection Corporation.

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DISCUSSION

Debtor examination proceedings “permit the judgment creditor to examine the judgment

debtor, or third persons who have property of or are indebted to the judgment debtor, in order to

discover property and apply it toward the satisfaction of the money judgment.” Imperial Bank

v.Pim Elec., Inc., 33 Cal. App. 4th 540, 546-57, 39 Cal. Rptr. 2d 432, 437 (1995); Alcalde v. NAC

Real Estate Invs. & Assignments, Inc., 580 F. Supp. 2d 969, 970 (C.D. Cal. 2008). A judgment

for money entered by a district court may be registered in any other district court once the

judgment is final by filing a certified copy of such judgment in the other district. 28 U.S.C. §

1963. Under California law, all assets of a judgment debtor are subject to enforcement except as

otherwise provided by law. Cal. Civ. Proc. Code § 695.010(a).

Rule 69(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides in pertinent part: “[t]he

procedure on execution – and in proceedings supplementary to and in aid of judgment or

execution – must accord with the procedure of the state where the court is located, but a federal

statute governs to the extent that it applies.” Rule 69(a)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure provides in pertinent part: “[i]n aid of the judgment or execution, the judgment creditor

or a successor in interest whose interest appears of record may obtain discovery from any person

– including the judgment debtor — as provided in these rules or by the procedure of the state

where the court is located.” In turn, Section 708.110 of the California Code of Civil Procedure

provides:

(a) The judgment creditor may apply to the proper court for an order requiring

the judgment debtor to appear before the court, or before a referee

appointed by the court, at a time and place specified in the order, to

furnish information to aid in enforcement of the money judgment.

(b) If the judgment creditor has not caused the judgment debtor to be

examined under this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall

make an order upon ex parte application of the judgment creditor.

(c) If the judgment creditor has caused the judgment debtor to be examined

under this section during the preceding 120 days, the court shall make the

order if the judgment creditor by affidavit or otherwise shows good cause

for the order. The application shall be made on noticed motion if the court

so directors or a court rule to requires. Otherwise, it may be made ex

parte.

(d) The judgment creditor shall personally serve a copy of the order on the

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judgment debtor not less than 10 days before the date set for examination.

Service shall be made in the manner specified in Section 415.10. Service

of the order creates a lien on the personal property of the judgment debtor

for a period of one year from the date of the order unless extended or

sooner terminated by the court.

(e) The order shall contain the following statement in 14-point boldface type

if printed or in capital letters if typed: NOTICE TO JUDGMENT

DEBTOR. If you fail to appear at the time and place specified in this

order, you may be subject to arrest and punishment for contempt of court

and the court may make an order requiring you to pay the reasonable

attorney’s fees incurred by the judgment creditor in this proceeding.

Cal Civ. Proc. Code § 708.110 (a)-(e). Section 708.160(b) of the California Code of Civil

Procedure also provides that: “[a] person sought to be examined may not be required to attend an

examination before a court located outside the county in which the person resides or has a place

of business unless the distance from the person’s place of residence or place of business to the

place of examination is less than 150 miles.”

The Court finds that the AT&T ILECs have satisfied the requirements of 28 U.S.C.

§ 1963 because the AT&T ILECs filed a certified copy of the order of the United States District

Court for the Southern District of California, San Diego Division, with this Court to obtain

enforcement of that court’s judgment in the amount of $4,013,459.00. ((Doc. 1). Additionally,

the AT&T ILECs’ application sets forth the showing required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

69(a)(2) and the applicable provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure §§ 708.110 and

708.160.

CONCLUSION

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Mr. Charlie Zhao, President and/or Chief Executive Officer of Judgment Debtor 88

Connection Corporation shall appear personally on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at

9:30 a.m. in Courtroom C on the 15th Floor of the United States District

Courthouse, located at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Phillip Burton Federal

Building, San Francisco, California 94102, to furnish information to aid in the

enforcement of a money judgment by answering questions about 88 Connection

Corporation and its real and personal property; and

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2. The AT&T ILECs must service this Order upon Charlie Zhao, President and/or Chief

Executive officer of Judgment Debtor 88 Connection Corporation personally not less

than ten (10) days before the date set for the examination and must file a

certificate of such service with the court.

NOTICE TO JUDGMENT DEBTOR. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR AT THE

TIME AND PLACE SPECIFIED IN THIS ORDER, YOU MAY BE

SUBJECT TO ARREST AND PUNISHMENT FOR CONTEMPT OF

COURT AND THE COURT MAY MAKE AN ORDER REQUIRING YOU

TO PAY THE REASONABLE ATTORNEY’S FEES INCURRED BY THE

JUDGMENT CREDITOR IN THIS PROCEEDING.1

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

/s/ Laurel Beeler _

United States Magistrate Judge

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This notice is furnished pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure § 708.110(e).

August 11, 2015

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

Judge Laurel Beeler

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