PAGE 1 - DEFENDANTS BHUPENDRA R. PATEL'S AND NILA B. PATEL'S MOTION 

TO DISMISS MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND PUNITIVE 

DAMAGES IN SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

 Direct Dial: 503.802.2027 

 Facsimile: 503.972.3727 

 E-Mail: tim.conway@tonkon.com 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

 Direct Dial: 503.802.2041 

 Facsimile: 503.972.3741 

 E-Mail: zach.wright@tonkon.com 

TONKON TORP LLP

1600 Pioneer Tower 

888 S.W. Fifth Avenue 

Portland, OR 97204 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. 

Patel and Nila B. Patel 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

(Portland Division) 

MALBCO HOLDINGS, LLC, a Washington 

limited liability company,

Plaintiff, 

v. 

BHUPENDRA R. PATEL and NILA B. PATEL, 

husband and wife; HEETAN B. PATEL; HEETAL 

B. PATEL-MANINI; and MUKESH PATEL, 

Defendants. 

Civil No. 3:14-cv-947-PK

DEFENDANTS BHUPENDRA R. 

PATEL'S AND NILA B. PATEL'S 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR 

ATTORNEY FEES AND 

PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN 

SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

ORAL ARGUMENT REQUESTED

 

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TO DISMISS MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND PUNITIVE 

DAMAGES IN SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT 

L.R. 7-1 CERTIFICATION 

In compliance with L.R. 7-1, the parties made a good faith effort through a 

telephone conference to resolve the dispute and have been unable to do so. 

MOTION

Plaintiff, Malbco Holdings, LLC ("Malbco") brings its claims under Oregon's 

Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act ("UFTA"). Malbco filed its initial Complaint on June 11, 

2014. [Doc. No. 1] Malbco filed its First Amended Complaint on October 30, 2014. [Doc. No. 

24] Then, on May 3, 2016, Malbco filed its Second Amended Complaint ("SAC") which alleges 

new claims against all defendants under an alleged right to attorney fees and punitive damages 

under Oregon's UFTA based on the same set of facts as the initial complaint. [Doc. No. 126]. 

The Patel Parents move to dismiss the new claims for punitive damages and 

attorney fees that have been added to Malbco's Second Amended Complaint for the same reasons 

set forth in the Motion to Dismiss Malbco's Claims for Attorney Fees and Punitive Damages in 

Second Amended Complaint filed by Heetan Patel and Heetal Patel-Manini (the "Patel 

Children") and incorporate the arguments of the Patel Children as if fully set forth in this motion. 

DATED this 18th day of May, 2016. 

TONKON TORP LLP

By: s/ Zachary W.L. Wright 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. Patel and 

Nila B. Patel 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I served the foregoing DEFENDANTS BHUPENDRA R. 

PATEL'S AND NILA B. PATEL'S MOTION TO DISMISS MALBCO'S CLAIM FOR 

ATTORNEY FEES AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT on the parties listed below: 

C. Robert Steringer, OSB No. 983514

Harrang Long Gary Rudnick, P.C. 

1001 SW Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor 

Portland, OR 97204 

bob.steringer@harrang.com 

Marjorie A. Elken, OSB No. 073368 

Zupancic Rathbone Law Group, P.C. 

4949 Meadows Road, Suite 600 

Lake Oswego, OR 97035 

marjorie@zupgroup.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Nicholas J. Henderson, OSB No. 074027 

Motschenbacher & Blattner LLP 

117 SW Taylor, Suite 200 

Portland, OR 97204 

nhenderson@portlaw.com 

 Attorneys for Defendant Mukesh Patel 

Laura Taylor, OSB No. 993786 

Tom Hutchinson, OSB No. 994896 

Bullivant Houser Bailey 

888 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 300 

Portland, OR 97204 

laura.taylor@bullivant.com 

tom.hutchinson@bullivant.com 

 Attorneys for Defendants Heetan B. 

Patel and Heetal B. Patel-Manani 

 by electronic means through the Court's Case Management/Electronic 

Case File system on the date set forth below 

 by causing a copy thereof to be e-mailed to each attorney at said attorney's 

last-known email address on the date set forth below 

 DATED this 18th day of May, 2016. 

TONKON TORP LLP

By: /s/Zachary W.L. Wright 

Timothy J. Conway, OSB No. 851752 

Zachary W.L. Wright, OSB No. 941615 

Attorneys for Defendants Bhupendra R. Patel and 

Nila B. Patel 

 037065/00002/7260864v1 

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