Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. ACDF, LLC, et al

Filing 80

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO CONTINUE RECEIVERSHIPS 59 signed by District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff on 1/07/2025. (Deputy Clerk VMG)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - FRESNO DIVISION
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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY, a New York corporation,

Lead Case No. 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB

Plaintiff,
v.
ACDF, LLC, a California limited liability
company, et al.,
Defendants.
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Consolidated with Case Nos:
1:24-cv-01226; 1:24-cv-01230;
1:24-cv-01231; 1:24-cv-01232;
1:24-cv-01233; 1:24-cv-01235; and
1:24-cv-01241

? Affects All Cases
? Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF,
LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01261
? Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. FNF
Farms, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01226
? Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C & A
Farms, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01230
? Affects Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v.
Maricopa Orchards, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv01231
? Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Kamm
South, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01232
? Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v.
Manning Avenue Pistachios, LLC, et al.,
1:24-cv-01233 Case No. 1:24-cv-01233
? Affects Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF,
LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01235
? Affects MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC
v. Panoche Pistachios, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv01241

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
CONTINUE RECEIVERSHIPS

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On various dates, the Court granted Plaintiffs Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s,

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MetLife Real Estate Lending Company’s, and Brighthouse Life Insurance Company’s

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(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) motions for appointment of a receiver and for preliminary injunction in

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eight related cases that have since been administratively consolidated. Doc. 45, Metropolitan Life

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Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB; Doc. 18, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v.

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FNF Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01226-KES-SAB; Doc. 39, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C & A

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Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01230-KES-SAB; Doc. 17, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Maricopa

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Orchards, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01231-KES-SAB; Doc. 20, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Kamm

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South, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Manning

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Avenue Pistachios, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. C

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& A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01235; Doc. 18, MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC v. Panoche

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Pistachios, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01241-KES-SAB (collectively, the “Agreed Orders Appointing

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Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction” or “Orders”). Each Order required Plaintiffs to file a

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motion to continue the receivership and set a deadline of January 6, 2025 for the filing of any

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opposition. See, e.g., Doc. 45, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-

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KES-SAB, at 19–20. Each Order also set a hearing for January 13, 2025, to determine whether

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the receivership should be continued. See, e.g., id.
On December 16, 2024, Plaintiffs filed a Motion to Continue Receiverships (“Motion”) in

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the lead case. Doc. 59, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KES-

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SAB. The deadline to file any opposition has passed, the Motion is unopposed, and the Court is

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satisfied that all parties in interest have had sufficient notice of the Motion. Accordingly, the

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Motion is SUBMITTED without oral argument pursuant to Local Rule 230(g), and the hearing

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currently set for January 13, 2025, is VACATED. The Court issues the following written order.

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Upon due consideration of the Motion to Continue Receiverships, pursuant to Federal

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Rule of Civil Procedure 66, the Court hereby GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion to Continue

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Receiverships and FINDS as follows:

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The Agreed Orders Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction currently in effect

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in the following cases are CONTINUED until further order of the Court: Doc. 45, Metropolitan

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Life Ins. Co. v. ACDF, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01261-KES-SAB; Doc. 18, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

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v. FNF Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01226-KES-SAB; Doc. 39, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. C &

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A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01230-KES-SAB; Doc. 17, Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. Maricopa

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Orchards, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01231-KES-SAB; Doc. 20, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Kamm

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South, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. Manning

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Avenue Pistachios, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-SAB; Doc. 22, Brighthouse Life Ins. Co. v. C

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& A Farms, LLC et al, 1:24-cv-01235; Doc. 18, MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC v. Panoche

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Pistachios, LLC et al., 1:24-cv-01241-KES-SAB.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

January 7, 2025
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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