Filed: Jul. 09, 2019
Latest Update: Jul. 09, 2019
Summary: PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR COURT ORDERS (1) TERMINATING THE RECEIVERSHIP; (2) ENFORCING THE LIABILITY OF BOND OF RECEIVER; (3) APPOINTING A REFEREE TO COMPLETE AUCTION OF VEHICLES JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . Having read and considered the joint motion of Plaintiff GreenGate Fresh, LLLP ("GreenGate"), Intervening Plaintiffs Sunterra Produce Traders, Inc., 1st Quality Produce, Inc., Peterson Farms Fresh, Inc., Coastal Pacific Sales, LLC; and Froerer Farms, Inc. d/b/a Ow
Summary: PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR COURT ORDERS (1) TERMINATING THE RECEIVERSHIP; (2) ENFORCING THE LIABILITY OF BOND OF RECEIVER; (3) APPOINTING A REFEREE TO COMPLETE AUCTION OF VEHICLES JOHN A. MENDEZ , District Judge . Having read and considered the joint motion of Plaintiff GreenGate Fresh, LLLP ("GreenGate"), Intervening Plaintiffs Sunterra Produce Traders, Inc., 1st Quality Produce, Inc., Peterson Farms Fresh, Inc., Coastal Pacific Sales, LLC; and Froerer Farms, Inc. d/b/a Owy..
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PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR COURT ORDERS (1) TERMINATING THE RECEIVERSHIP; (2) ENFORCING THE LIABILITY OF BOND OF RECEIVER; (3) APPOINTING A REFEREE TO COMPLETE AUCTION OF VEHICLES
JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.
Having read and considered the joint motion of Plaintiff GreenGate Fresh, LLLP ("GreenGate"), Intervening Plaintiffs Sunterra Produce Traders, Inc., 1st Quality Produce, Inc., Peterson Farms Fresh, Inc., Coastal Pacific Sales, LLC; and Froerer Farms, Inc. d/b/a Owyhee Produce (collectively "Intervening Plaintiffs") and Consolidated Plaintiffs FreshPoint Denver, Inc. and Ruby Robinson Co., LLC (the "FreshPoint Group," GreenGate, Intervening Plaintiffs and the FreshPoint Group are, together, the "Movants") for court orders (1) terminating the receivership; (2) enforcing the liability of bond of receiver; and (3) appointing a referee to complete auction of the vehicles ("Motion"), and good cause appearing therefor,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion is granted in its entirety as follows:
1. Due to the untimely death of the Court appointed receiver, Patrick Bulmer, of California Receivership Services (the "Receiver"), the receivership is terminated.
2. Zcb Seidel, of Auction Exchange, Inc. dba Bar None Auction, who the Receiver previously entrusted with vehicles and trailers from the receivership estate ("Receivership Vehicles"), is appointed the Court's Referee for the limited purpose of conducting lien sales of the Receivership Vehicles under California Civil Code § 3071, et seq.
3. The Referee is entitled to deduct fees already incurred relating to the Receivership Vehicles, such as asset recovery fees of $65.00 per asset plus costs to re-key at least four vehicles at $575.00 per keying from the sale proceeds. The Referee is authorized to deduct costs related to the lien sale, such as DMV fees, from the sale proceeds.
4. After conferring with and as agreed to by Movants through Administrative Counsel1, June Monroe, of the law firm of Rynn & Janowsky, LLP, the Referee is entitled to incur reasonable costs to repair the Receivership Vehicles, if the repairs are deemed prudent by the Movants and the Referee given the estimated fair market value of the Receivership Vehicles.
5. The Referee is authorized to deduct Bar None Auction's 25% commission off the sales price of the Receivership Vehicles.
6. The Referee is ordered to remit an accounting and net sales proceeds of the Receivership Vehicles to Administrative Counsel, who will deposit the funds into the Trinity Fresh PACA Trust Account.2
7. Defendant Trinity Fresh Procurement, LLC, Trinity Fresh Distribution, LLC, and Trinity Fresh Management, LLC's ("Trinity Fresh") former data server in the possession of Lantech, shall be returned to Trinity Fresh. Lantech is authorized to contact Trinity Fresh to transfer possession of the data server to Trinity Fresh. Lantech is required to give 30 days notice to Trinity Fresh before disposing of data server.
8. After Administrative Counsel confirms to the Referee that Administrative Counsel has taken possession of records relevant to this action, the records contained in one of the trailers that is part of the Receivership Vehicles may be turned over to Trinity Fresh. The Referee is required to give 30 days notice to Trinity Fresh before disposing of any records.
9. The Bond of Receiver in the amount of $25,000.00 [Doc. No. 45] shall be fully enforced to recover Movants' losses including the initial $10,000.00 deposit to the Receiver and the attorneys' fees and cost incurred in bringing this motion.
10. Administrative Counsel shall serve a copy of this Order on the clerk of the court and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
11. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company shall immediately satisfy the full amount of the bond in payable funds to "Trinity Fresh PACA Trust Account" and remitting payment Administrative Counsel.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
