Exhibit J

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

for the

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Plaintiff

v. Civil Action No.

Defendant

SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS, INFORMATION, OR OBJECTS

OR TO PERMIT INSPECTION OF PREMISES IN A CIVIL ACTION 

To:

(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)

u Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following 

documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of the

material:

Place: Date and Time:

u Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or 

other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party

may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.

Place: Date and Time:

The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;

Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to

respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.

Date:

CLERK OF COURT

OR

Signature of Clerk or Deputy Clerk Attorney’s signature

The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)

, who issues or requests this subpoena, are:

Notice to the person who issues or requests this subpoena

If this subpoena commands the production of documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things or the

inspection of premises before trial, a notice and a copy of the subpoena must be served on each party in this case before

it is served on the person to whom it is directed. Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a)(4).

 District of Arizona

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

2:17-cv-04140-DWL

Wyo Tech Investment Group, LLC, et al.

Charles J. Davis and Richard W. Davis

2552 East Los Alamos Street, Gilbert, Arizona 85295

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See attached Appendix A

Ryan Rapp & Underwood, P.L.C.

3200 N. Central Ave, Suite 2250

Phoenix, Arizona 85012 02/28/2019 5:00 pm

02/04/2019

CWT Canada II

Limited Partnership, Resource Recovery Corporation, Jean Noelting

Joshua Wurtzel, Schlam Stone, 26 Broadway, New York, NY 10004; jwurtzel@schlamstone.com; (212) 344-5400

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Civil Action No.

PROOF OF SERVICE

(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)

I received this subpoena for (name of individual and title, if any)

on (date) .

u I served the subpoena by delivering a copy to the named person as follows:

on (date) ; or

u I returned the subpoena unexecuted because:

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Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also 

tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of

$ .

My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ .

I declare under penalty of perjury that this information is true.

Date:

Server’s signature

Printed name and title

Server’s address

Additional information regarding attempted service, etc.:

2:17-cv-04140-DWL

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)

(c) Place of Compliance.

 (1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a

person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows:

 (A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or

regularly transacts business in person; or

 (B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly

transacts business in person, if the person

 (i) is a party or a party’s officer; or

 (ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial

expense.

 (2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:

 (A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or

tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is

employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and

 (B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected.

(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement.

 (1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney

responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps

to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the

subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must

enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include

lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who

fails to comply.

 (2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection.

(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce

documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to

permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of

production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition,

hearing, or trial.

(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible

things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated

in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or

sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to

producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested.

The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for

compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made,

the following rules apply:

(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party

may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an

order compelling production or inspection.

 (ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the

order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from

significant expense resulting from compliance.

 (3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena.

(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where

compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that:

 (i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply;

(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits

specified in Rule 45(c);

(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no

exception or waiver applies; or

(iv) subjects a person to undue burden.

(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a

subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on

motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires:

(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research,

development, or commercial information; or

(ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does

not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s

study that was not requested by a party.

(C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances

described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or

modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified

conditions if the serving party:

(i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be

otherwise met without undue hardship; and

(ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.

(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.

 (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These

procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored

information:

(A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents

must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or

must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.

(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.

If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored

information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in

which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.

(C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The

person responding need not produce the same electronically stored

information in more than one form.

(D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person

responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information

from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because

of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective

order, the person responding must show that the information is not

reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is

made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the

requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule

26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.

(2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.

(A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information

under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation

material must:

(i) expressly make the claim; and

(ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or

tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself

privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.

(B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a

subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as

trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party

that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being

notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified

information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information

until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the

information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly

present the information under seal to the court for the district where

compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who

produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is

resolved.

(g) Contempt.

The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a

motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person

who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the

subpoena or an order related to it.

For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).

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APPENDIX A 

DEFINITIONS 

1. “All” means all or any, and “any” means all or any.

2. “And” and “or” shall be construed either disjunctively or conjunctively as 

necessary to bring within the scope of these requests all responses that might otherwise be 

construed to be outside of its scope. 

3. “Communication” means the transmittal of information (in the form of facts, 

ideas, inquiries, or otherwise). 

4. “DAS” means Danzik Applied Sciences, LLC.

5. “Document” or “documents” means all enumerated items in Rule 

34(a)(1)(A) of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure, including Electronically-Stored 

Information, as defined below. A draft or non-identical copy of any document, whether 

due to the addition of marginalia or other change, is a separate document within the 

meaning of this term. When the electronic and hard copy versions of any document are 

separate documents under this definition, both the electronic and hard copy versions 

should be produced. 

6. “Electronically-Stored Information” or “ESI” includes, but is not limited to, 

the following: 

a. information or data that is generated, received, processed, or recorded 

by computers or other electronic devices, including, but not limited to, communications 

over a Bloomberg Terminal, electronic mail, text messages, instant message service 

messages, Social Media Posts, and voicemail; 

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c. internal or external web sites; 

d. output resulting from the use of any software program, including, but 

not limited to, word processing documents, spreadsheets, database files, charts, graphs and 

outlines, electronic mail, instant messenger (or similar programs), bulletin board 

programs, operating systems, source code, PRF files, PRC files, batch files, ASCII files, 

and all miscellaneous media on which they reside regardless of whether this electronic 

data exists in an active file, a deleted file, or file fragment; and 

e. activity listings of electronic mail receipts or transmittals; and any 

and all items stored on computer memories, hard disks, floppy disks, CD-ROM, magnetic 

tape, microfiche, or on any other media for digital data storage, or transmittal, including, 

but not limited to, personal digital assistants (e.g., iPhone, iPad), hand-held wireless 

devices (e.g., BlackBerrys), or similar devices, and file folder tabs, or containers and 

labels appended to, or relating to, any physical storage device associated with each 

original or copy of all documents in these requests. 

7. “Include” or “including” denotes a portion of a larger whole, and is used 

without limitation. 

8. “Inductance” means Inductance Energy Corporation.

9. “Person” means any natural person or any business, legal, or governmental 

entity, or association. 

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containing, evidencing, referring to, discussing, dealing with, describing, reflecting, or 

pertaining to in any way whatsoever. 

11. “RDX” means RDX Technologies Corporation.

12. “Social Media Posts” means any message—whether in the form of words or 

graphics—made using a website, application, program, or software that allows the user to 

share a message with one or more other persons, regardless of the number of persons (if 

any) with whom that message is actually shared and regardless of whether that message 

may be accessed by the public. For the avoidance of doubt, “Social Media Posts” does not 

include communications over a Bloomberg Terminal, electronic mail, text messages, 

instant message service messages, or voicemail. 

13. “Solverdi” means Solverdi Worldwide Corporation.

14. “Wyo Tech” means Wyo Tech Investment Group, LLC.

15. “You” or “Your” means Charles J. Davis and Richard W. Davis. 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. The relevant time period to which each request refers is January 1, 2016 

through the date of production. 

2. The past tense form shall be construed to include the present tense, and vice 

versa, whenever such a dual construction will serve to bring within the scope of a request 

any response that would otherwise not be within its scope. 

3. The use of the singular form of any word includes the plural, and vice versa. 

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4. Each category of documents in these requests extends to any and all 

documents in Your possession, custody, or control. A document shall be deemed to be in 

Your possession, custody, or control if it is in Your physical custody, or if it is in the 

physical custody of any other person and You (a) own such document in whole or in part; 

or (b) have a right by contract, statute, or otherwise to use, inspect, examine, or copy such 

document; or (c) have an understanding, express or implied, that You may use, inspect, 

examine, or copy such document; or (d) as a practical matter, have been able to use, 

inspect, examine, or copy such document. Such documents shall include, but are not 

limited to, documents that are in the custody of any of Your attorneys, representatives, or 

other agents. 

5. All requests for the production of documents shall be construed to include 

any additional documents responsive to these requests that are discovered or produced 

after the date of production. 

6. All documents should be produced in the order in which they appear in the 

files of the producing party, organized by source, and should contain a clear indication of 

where each document ends and the next begins. Documents maintained in a file folder or 

binder should be preceded by the file folder or binder label, if one exists, and should 

contain a clear indication of where the file folder or binder begins and ends. All 

attachments to a document should be produced with the document. A unique bates number 

should be affixed to each page. 

7. All documents, including documents that originated in electronic form or in 

hard copy form, should be produced electronically in pdf format. Each individual 

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document should be produced as its own pdf. Each pdf should be labeled with the bates 

number of the first page of that document. 

8. Metadata, including, but not limited to, bates number, custodian, author, 

to/from/cc/bcc, subject, sent date, and file date, that can be extracted from a document 

shall be produced for that document, to the extent already in existence and reasonably 

accessible or available. 

9. If You object to the production of any document or tangible thing within the 

scope of the requests, You must fully set forth your objections in writing, provide a list of 

all such documents and tangible things being withheld, and state the following for each 

such document or tangible thing: (i) the designated bates number, if any; (ii) the type of 

document, e.g., letter or memorandum; (iii) the general subject matter of the document; 

(iv) the date of the document; (v) the location and custodian of the document; and (vi) the 

author of the document, the addressee of the document, any other recipients shown in the 

document, and, when not apparent, the relationship of the author, addressees, and 

recipients to each other. 

10. If any document that You are requested to produce or identify was at one 

time in existence, but has been lost, discarded, or destroyed, identify in writing each 

document and provide the following information: (a) the date or approximate date it was 

lost, discarded, or destroyed; (b) the circumstances and manner in which it was lost, 

discarded, or destroyed; (c) the reason or reasons for disposing of the document (if 

discarded or destroyed); (d) the identity of all persons authorizing the document and 

having knowledge of the document; (e) the identity of the persons who lost, discarded, or 

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destroyed the document; (f) the identity of any persons having knowledge of the contents 

of the document; and (g) a detailed summary of the nature and contents of the document, 

including the author(s) of the document(s), the name of the person(s) to whom the 

document(s) was (were) delivered or addressed, including indicated or blind copy 

recipients, the date of the document(s), and a description of the subject matter, including 

any attachment or appendices, and the number of pages. 

11. If You object in whole or in part to any request based on a claim of 

privilege, provide a list of the documents being withheld and for each such document: 

(a) state the nature of the privilege which is being claimed and, if the privilege is governed 

by state law, which state’s privilege rule is being invoked; and (b) provide a description of 

the document, including (i) the designated bates number, if any; (ii) the type of document, 

e.g., letter or memorandum; (iii) the general subject matter of the document; (iv) the date 

of the document; (v) the location and custodian of the document; and (vi) the author of the 

document, the addressee of the document, any other recipients shown in the document, 

and, when not apparent, the relationship of the author, addressees, and recipients to each 

other. 

12. If any of these documents cannot be produced in full, You are requested to 

produce them to the fullest extent possible, specifying clearly the reasons for Your 

inability to produce the remainder and stating any information, knowledge, or belief You 

have concerning the unproduced portion. 

13. The specificity of any request shall not be construed to limit the generality 

or reach of any other request. 

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DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED 

1. All documents concerning Your investment in Wyo Tech, including, but not 

limited to, the purported investment reflected in the check attached as Exhibit A.

2. Documents sufficient to show the source of all funds You invested in Wyo 

Tech.

3. All documents concerning Your investment in Inductance.

4. Documents sufficient to show the source of all funds You invested in 

Inductance.

5. Documents sufficient to show all Persons that have an ownership interest, 

direct or indirect, in Wyo Tech or Inductance.

6. All documents provided to You by Wyo Tech or Inductance.

7. All communications between You, on the one hand, and William J. Hinz, on 

the other hand, concerning Wyo Tech or Inductance.

8. All documents, including communications, between You, on the one hand, 

and Dennis M. Danzik, Elizabeth J. Danzik, Jovahna Danzik, or Autumn Danzik, on the 

other hand.

9. All documents concerning the allegations on pages 3-12 of the CWT 

Parties’ Opposition to Motion for Immediate Release of Restrained Funds, filed on 

October 9, 2018 (Dkt. No. 88) in this action, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B.

10. All documents concerning the allegations in the Complaint for Interpleader 

(Dkt. No. 1) in this action, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit C.

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EXHIBIT A 

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Barbara J. Dawson (#012104) 

Carlie Shae Tovrea (#029709) 

Matt Jarvey (#031350) 

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

One Arizona Center 

400 E. Van Buren, Suite 1900 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 

Telephone: 602.382.6000 

Facsimile: 602.382.6070 

E-Mail: bdawson@swlaw.com 

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 

Plaintiff,

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Wyo Tech Investment Group, LLC; CWT 

Canada II Limited Partnership, Resources 

Recovery Corporation; and Jean Noelting, 

Defendants. 

No.

COMPLAINT FOR 

INTERPLEADER

Plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”) alleges the following in support 

of its complaint against Defendants Wyo Tech Investment Group, LLC (“Wyo Tech”), 

CWT Canada II Limited Partnership (“CWT Canada”), Resources Recovery Corporation 

(“RRC”), and Jean Noelting (“Noelting”) (collectively, the “Defendants”): 

INTRODUCTION

1. This is an interpleader action. Wells Fargo seeks to interplead with the 

Court $546,282.55 from a Wells Fargo bank account in the name of Wyo Tech, in 

exchange for an order discharging Wells Fargo from any potential liability related to those 

funds.

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2. Two sets of adverse claimants have asserted claims to the funds that Wells 

Fargo now seeks to interplead. 

3. On September 7, 2016, Defendants CWT Canada, RRC, and Noelting 

(collectively “the Judgment Claimants”) obtained a judgment in the Supreme Court of the 

State of New York, Index No. 650841/2013, in the amount of $7,033,491.13 plus interest, 

against Dennis M. Danzik and RDX Technologies Corporation (f/k/a Ridgeline Energy 

Services, Inc.) (the “Judgment Debtors”). That judgment is attached hereto as Exhibit A 

(the “Underlying Judgment”). 

4. On one hand, the Judgment Claimants assert that they are entitled to the 

funds pursuant to the Underlying Judgment and a related restraining notice, which 

required Wells Fargo to freeze Wyo Tech’s account. 

5. On the other hand, Defendant Wyo Tech asserts that the Judgment 

Claimants are not entitled to the funds and has threatened to sue Wells Fargo if it does not 

unfreeze Wyo Tech’s account. 

6. Wells Fargo will potentially be subject to double liability because it may be 

required to pay the funds to both claimants. If it releases the frozen funds to Wyo Tech, 

then it risks contempt of court for violating the Judgment Claimants’ restraining notice. If 

it keeps the funds frozen, however, then it risks litigation with Wyo Tech. 

7. Accordingly, Wells Fargo now seeks to interplead the disputed funds with 

the Court so that the adverse claimants—the Defendants to this action—can adjudicate 

their entitlement to the funds and Wells Fargo can secure an order discharging it of 

liability to the Defendants. 

PARTIES, JURISDICTION, AND VENUE 

8. Wells Fargo is a national bank organized under the National Bank Act. For 

diversity jurisdiction purposes, a national bank is a citizen of the state designated as its 

main office on its articles of association. See 28 U.S.C. § 1348; Wachovia Bank v. 

Schmidt, 546 U.S. 303, 318 (2006). Wells Fargo’s designated main office is in South 

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9. Wyo Tech is a Wyoming limited liability company whose sole member, 

William Hinz, is a citizen of Maricopa County, Arizona. Upon information and belief, 

Wyo Tech does business in Maricopa County, Arizona.1

10. Upon information and belief, CWT Canada is a limited liability partnership 

incorporated in Delaware with its principal place of business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

As a limited partnership, the citizenship of CWT Canada is the citizenship of its partners, 

and all partners are incorporated and reside in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

11. Upon information and belief, RRC is a Delaware corporation with its 

principal place of business in New York. 

12. Upon information and belief, Noelting is a citizen of Canada. 

13. The Court has jurisdiction over this matter under 28 U.S.C. § 1335, because 

the two sets of claimants are of diverse citizenship, or, alternatively, under 28 U.S.C. § 

1332, because the citizenship of the parties is completely diverse and because the amount 

in controversy exceeds $75,000. 

14. Venue is proper in this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1397 because Wyo Tech 

resides in the District of Arizona. Alternatively, venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 

1391(b)(2) because Wyo Tech has threatened litigation in Arizona related to the disputed 

funds, or under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(3) because at least one of the Defendants is subject to 

personal jurisdiction in the District of Arizona. 

GENERAL ALLEGATIONS 

15. On September 7, 2016, the Judgment Claimants obtained the Underlying 

Judgment in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Index No. 650841/2013, in the 

amount of $7,033,491.13 plus interest, against the Judgment Debtors. 

16. On October 18, 2017, the Judgment Claimants issued a Restraining Notice 

and Information Subpoena to Wells Fargo, pursuant to New York law (the “Restraining 

Notice”). That Restraining Notice is attached hereto as Exhibit B. 

 

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17. In the Restraining Notice, the Judgment Claimants asserted that Wells Fargo 

is “in possession or in custody of property in which the judgment debtor has an interest as 

well as account(s) or any other property, tangible or intangible or interest in any property 

in the name of the judgment debtor, including but not limited to the account reflected in 

the check in the attached Exhibit A, and any other accounts held in the name of Wyo 

Tech Investment Group LLC.” Ex. B, at 2 (emphasis in original). The attached check 

payable to Wilenchik & Bartness is drawn on the Wyo Tech account ending in -2809. Ex. 

B, at 4. 

18. Pursuant to Section 5222(b) of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules, 

the Restraining Notice forbids Wells Fargo “to make or suffer any sale, assignment, or 

transfer of, or any interference with any property in which the judgment debtors have an 

interest, except upon direction of the sheriff or pursuant to an order of the court until the 

aforesaid judgment is satisfied or vacated.” Ex. B, at 5. It also states that disobeying the 

Restraining Notice is punishable as contempt of court. Ex. B, at 5. If Wells Fargo failed 

to restrain the identified account, Wells Fargo could be liable to the Judgment Claimants. 

19. Section 5222(b) of the New York Civil Practice Law and Rules provides in 

relevant part: 

A restraining notice served upon a person other than the judgment debtor or 

obligor is effective only if, at the time of service, he or she owes a debt to 

the judgment debtor or obligor or he or she is in the possession or custody 

of property in which he or she knows or has reason to believe the judgment 

debtor or obligor has an interest, or if the judgment creditor or support 

collection unit has stated in the notice that a specified debt is owed by the 

person served to the judgment debtor or obligor or that the judgment debtor 

or obligor has an interest in specified property in the possession or custody 

of the person served. All property in which the judgment debtor or obligor 

is known or believed to have an interest then in and thereafter coming into 

the possession or custody of such a person, including any specified in the 

notice, and all debts of such a person, including any specified in the notice, 

then due and thereafter coming due to the judgment debtor or obligor, shall 

be subject to the notice except as set forth in subdivisions (h) and (i) of this 

section. Such a person is forbidden to make or suffer any sale, assignment 

or transfer of, or any interference with, any such property, or pay over or 

otherwise dispose of any such debt, to any person other than the sheriff or 

the support collection unit, except as set forth in subdivisions (h) and (i) of 

this section, and except upon direction of the sheriff or pursuant to an order 

of the court, until the expiration of one year after the notice is served upon 

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him or her, or until the judgment or order is satisfied or vacated, whichever 

event first occurs.

N.Y. C.P.L.R. 5222 (McKinney) (emphasis added). 

20. The Restraining Notice specifically identified and commanded the restraint 

of the Wyo Tech account. 

21. After receiving the Restraining Notice, Wells Fargo froze the identified 

Wyo Tech account so as to comply with the Restraining Notice and avoid liability for 

contempt of court and to the Judgment Claimants. The Wyo Tech account ending 

in -2809 was opened at a Wells Fargo branch in Arizona. 

22. Further, the Business Account Agreement applicable to the Wyo Tech 

account provides that in the event of an “adverse claim”—defined as “[a]ny person or 

entity mak[ing] a claim against your account funds”—Wells Fargo can “[f]reeze all or 

part of the funds in your account until we believe the dispute is resolved to our 

satisfaction” and “[p]ay the funds into an appropriate court.” The Business Account 

Agreement also provides that Wells Fargo “may charge any account you maintain with us 

for our fees and expenses in taking these actions (including attorney’s fees and 

expenses).” 

23. Shortly after Wells Fargo froze the Wyo Tech account, counsel for Wyo 

Tech contacted counsel for Wells Fargo by letter, copying counsel for the Judgment 

Claimants, disputing that the funds in Wyo Tech’s account are related to the Judgment 

Claimants’ judgment, asserting that Wyo Tech is the sole account holder and only party to 

whom funds in the account are owed, asserting that “neither Mr. Danzik nor RDX nor any 

member of Mr. Danzik’s family holds any right, title, or interest” in the account, 

acknowledging that a small indebtedness may be owed from Wyo Tech to Danzik Applied 

Sciences, disputing that the Judgment Claimants’ Restraining Notice is effective, and 

threatening to sue Wells Fargo and Judgment Claimants in Arizona if Wyo Tech’s funds 

were not released by November 10, 2017. The letter from Wyo Tech’s counsel outlining 

these assertions is attached hereto as Exhibit C. 

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24. Counsel for CWT Canada, RRC, and Noelting responded to Wyo Tech’s 

counsel on November 6, 2017, asserting that the Restraining Notice is proper and that 

Wyo Tech is liable to Judgment Claimants for fraudulent transfers and conspiracy to 

commit fraudulent transfers. This letter from Judgment Claimants’ counsel is attached 

hereto as Exhibit D. The letter identifies that Danzik’s daughter, Jovahna Danzik, is listed 

on the signature card for the Wyo Tech account as the “Owner with Control of the 

Entity,” “has check-signing authority, and directs so many payments to herself, her 

mother, and her father’s company.” Ex. D, at 2. The Judgment Claimants’ counsel 

asserts that “if Wells Fargo releases these funds, it will be liable to the Judgment 

[Claimants].” Ex. D, at 3. 

25. Without the interpleader action, Wells Fargo has two options: (1) obey the 

Restraining Notice and subject itself to litigation with Wyo Tech relating to the account 

freeze; or (2) release the disputed funds to Wyo Tech and risk contempt of court and 

liability to the Judgment Claimants for disobeying the Restraining Notice. 

26. Wells Fargo is unable to determine which Defendants are entitled to the 

funds subject to the interpleader action, and cannot determine which claim is valid without 

exposing itself to potential double litigation.

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27. Wells Fargo incorporates all prior allegations. 

28. Wells Fargo joins Defendants in this interpleader action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1335 and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 22. 

29. Wells Fargo has in its custody or possession $546,282.55 from a Wells 

Fargo bank account in the name of Wyo Tech. 

30. Adverse claimants—the Judgment Claimants and Wyo Tech—are claiming 

entitlement to those funds. 

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31. Because of the adverse claims to the funds to the account ending in -2809, 

Wells Fargo is in the position of a stakeholder and claims no interest in the funds at issue 

(other than for reimbursement of its costs and attorneys’ fees). 

32. The Judgment Claimants’ and Wyo Tech’s claims to the funds risk 

subjecting Wells Fargo to double liability. 

33. Wells Fargo seeks to interplead those funds with the Court and is ready, 

willing, and able to deposit the funds with the Court. 

34. Wells Fargo is entitled to and requests an order discharging it from liability 

as to the claims made (or to be made) against it by the parties to this action. 

PRAYER 

WHEREFORE, Wells Fargo requests that the Court grant the following relief: 

A. An order directing Wells Fargo to deposit the disputed funds into the 

registry of the Court and directing the Clerk to accept the deposit into an interest-bearing 

account until further orders from the Court;

B. An order restraining and permanently enjoining Defendants from instituting 

or prosecuting any action against Wells Fargo related to the funds at issue in this action, 

and dismissing and discharging Wells Fargo from any liability associated with those 

funds, see 28 U.S.C. § 2361;

C. An award of Wells Fargo’s costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees it incurred 

in this matter from the funds deposited with the Court;

D. Such a judgment is necessary to determine who is properly entitled to the 

account funds and direct the Clerk to release the funds in accordance with that judgment;

E. Any other relief to which Wells Fargo is entitled or that the Court deems 

just and proper.

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Snell & Wilmer 

L.L.P. 

law offices 

One Arizona Center 

400 E. Van Buren, Suite 1900 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 9th day of November, 2017. 

SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

By: /s/ Carlie Tovrea 

Barbara J. Dawson 

Carlie Shae Tovrea 

Matt Jarvey 

One Arizona Center 

400 E. Van Buren, Suite 1900 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Wells Fargo 

Bank, N.A. 

4845-0138-1716.2 

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