United States of America v. East Gate Private Equity Fund III, L.P.

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Copy of ORDER from USDC-Northern District of California-San Jose, Case Number 5:15CV3315, appointing United States Small Business Administration as receiver of East Gate Private Equity Fund III. (LAC)

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BENJAMIN MIZER
PRINCIPALDEPUTY ASSISTANTATORNEYGENERAL
BRIAN STRETCH, CA No. 163973
Acting United States Attorney
ALEX G. TSE, CA NO. 152348
Chief, Civil Division
ERIC J. ADAMS, CA NO. 135893
Special Assistant United States Attorney
455 Market Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]

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, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
·DISTRICT Of NEBRASKA

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OFFICE OF THE CLER!'\

ARLENE M. EMBREY, FL NO. 125539
Trial Attorney
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 3rd Street, S.W., 7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20416
Telephone: [phone]
Fax:
[phone]
Arlene.Embrey@SBA. Gov

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
United States of America

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
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Plaintiff,
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EAST GATE PRIVATE EQUITY
FUND III, L.P.
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No. 15-cv-03315-PSG
Stipulation for
Consent Order
of Receivership
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STIPULATION FOR CONSENT ORDER OF RECEIVERSHIP

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

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No. 15-cv-03315-PSG
ORDER APPOINTING
RECEIVER

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EAST GATE PRIVATE EQUITY
FUND III, L.P.

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Defendant.

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CONSENT ORDER OF RECEIVERSHIP

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ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVER

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Pursuant to the provisions 15 u.S.C. §687c. this Court hereby takes

exclusive jurisdiction of East Gate Private Equity Fund III, L.P. ("East Gate"), and all of

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its assets and property. of whatever kind and wherever located, and the United States
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Small Business Administration ("SBA") is hereby appointed Receiver ("the Receiver") of

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East Gate to serve without bond until further order of this Court. The Receiver is

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appointed for the purpose of marshaling and liquidating all of East Gate· s assets and

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satisfying the claims of creditors therefrom in the order of priority as determined by this

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Court.
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The Receiver shall have all powers, authorities, rights and privileges

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heretofore possessed by the directors, managers and general and limited partners of East

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Gate under applicable state and federal law. by the Articles of Limited Partnership, and

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By-Laws of said limited partnership. in addition to all powers and authority of a receiver
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at equity. and all powers and authority conferred upon the Receiver by the provisions of

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15 U.S.C. § 687c and 28 U.S.C. § 754. The trustees. directors. managers, employees,

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investment advisors. accountants, attorneys and other agents of East Gate are hereby

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dismissed and the powers of any general partners arc hereby suspended. Such persons
and entities shall have no authority with respect to East Gate's operations or assets.

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except to the extent as may hereafter be expressly granted by the Receiver. The Receiver
shall assume and control the operation of East Gate and shall pursue and preserve all of
its claims.

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The Receiver is entitled to take immediate possession of all assets, bank

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accounts or other financial accounts, books and records and all other documents or
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instruments relating to East Gate. The past and!or present officers, directors. agents,

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managers, general and limited partners, trustees, a!lomeys. accountants, and employees
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of East Gate, as well as all those acting in their place, arc hereby ordered and directed to

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turn over to the Receiver forthwith all books, records. documents, accounts and all other
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instruments and papers of and relating to East Gate and all of East Gate's assets and all

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other assets and property of the limited partnership, whether real or personal. The

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general partm:r of East Gate shall furnish a written statement within ten (I 0) days after

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the entry of this Order. listing the identity, location and estimated value of all assets of

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East Gate. a list of all employees (and job titles thereof), other personnel, attorneys,
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accountants and any other agents or contractors of East Gate. as well as the names,

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addresses and amounts of claims of all known creditors of East Gate. Within thirty (30)

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days following the entry of this Order, the general partner of East Gate shall also furnish

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a written report describing all assets. All persons and entities having control, custody or
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possession of any assets or property of East Gate are hereby directed to turn such assets
and property over to the Receiver.

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The Receiver shall promptly give notice of its appointment to all known

officers. directors, agents, employees. shareholders, creditors, debtors, managers and

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gcnernl and limited partners of East Gate. as the Receiver deems necessary or advisable
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to effectuate the operation of the receivership. All persons and entities owing any
obligation, debt. or distribution with respect to a partnership interest lo East Gate shall.
until further ordered by this Court, pay all such obligations in accordance with the tern1s
thereof to the Rccei ver and its receipt for such payments shall have the same force and

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effect as if East Gate had received such payments.
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The Receiver is hereby authorized to open such Receiver's accounts at

banking or other financial institutions to extend credit on behalf of East Gate. to utilize

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SBA personnel. and to employ such other personnel as it may deem necessary to
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effectuate the operation of the receivership including, but not limited to. attorneys.

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accountants. consultants and appraisers. and is further authorized to expend receivership

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funds lo compensate such personnel in such amounts and upon such terms as the

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Receiver shall deem reasonable in light of the usual fees and billing practices and

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procedures of such personnel. The Receiver is not required to obtain Court approval
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prior to the disbursement of receivership funds for payments to personnel employed by

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the Receiver or for expenses that the Receiver deems advantageous to the orderly

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administration and operation of the receivership. In addition, the Receiver is authorized

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to reimburse the SBA for travel expenses incurred by SBA personnel in the establishment
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and administration of the recei\"ership. The Receiver may. without further order of this

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Court, transfer, compromise, or otherwise dispose of any claim or asset in the ordinary

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course of business. other than real estate.

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East Gate's past and/or present officers, directors. agents, attorneys.

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managers. shareholders, employees. accountants. debtors, creditors, managers and
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general and limited partners of East Gate. and other appropriate persons or entities
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(including without limitation, the defendant's portfolio of small business concerns and

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financial institutions doing business with defendant and/or defendant's portfolio of small

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business concerns) shall answer under oath to the Receiver all questions which the

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Receiver may put to them and produce any documents as required by the Receiver
regarding the business of said limited partnership, or any other matter relevant to the

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operation or administration of the receivership or the collection of funds due to East Gate.
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In the ewnt that the Receiver deems it necessary to require the appearance of the

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aforementioned persons or entities, the Receiver shall make its discovery request(s) in
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accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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The parties or prospective parties to any and all civil legal proceedings

wherever located, including. but not limited to arbitration proceedings. bankruptcy or
foreclosure actions. default proceedings, or any other proceedings involving (i) East Gate

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(ii) any assets of East Gate. (iii) the Receiver for East Gate. and (iv) East Gate's present or
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past directors, general partners or managers. to the extent said civil legal proceedings

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involve any action taken by them while acting in their official capacity for East Gate, are

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enjoined from taking any action. including discovery. commencing or continuing any legal

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proceeding of any nature without further order of this Court.

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All civil legal proceedings wherever located. including arbitration

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proceedings. foreclosure activities, bankruptcy actions. or default proceedings. but

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excluding the instant proceeding, invohing (i) East Gate. (ii) any of assets of East Gate.

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(iii) the Receiver for East Gate or (iv) East Gate's present or past general partners, directors,

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or managers to the extent said civil legal proceedings involve any action taken in their
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official capacity for East Gate. are stayed in their entirety, and all Courts having any
jurisdiction thereof are enjoined from taking or permitting any action in such proceedings
until further Order of this Court.
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Further. as to a cause of action accrued or accruing in favor of East Gate

against a third person or party, any applicable statute oflimitation is tolled during the

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period in which this injunction against conunencement of legal proceedings is in effect as
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to that cause of action.

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East Gate and its past and/or present directors, ollicers, managers, general

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or limited partners. agents. employees and other persons or entities acting in concert or
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participating therewith be. and they hereby are. enjoined from either directly or indirectly

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taking any actions or causing any such action to be taken which would dissipate the

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assets and/or property of East Gate to the detriment of East Gate or of the Receiver

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appointed in this cause, including but not limited to destruction of corporate records, or
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which would violate the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended. 15 U .S.C.

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661 ct. seq., or the regulations promulgated thereunder. ("Regulations"). 13 C.F.R.

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§107.I

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The Receiver is authorized to borrow on behalf of East Gate. from the

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SBA, up to $500.000 and is authorized to cause East Gate to issue Receiver's Certificates

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oflndebtcdness in the principal amounts of the sums borrowed, which certificates will

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bear interest at or about l 0 percent per annum and will have a maturity date no later than

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18 months after the date of issue. Said Receiver's Certificates of Indebtedness shall have

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priority over all other debts and obligations of East Gate. excluding administrative
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expenses of the Receivership. whether currently existing or hereinafter incurred,
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including without limitation any claims of general or limited partners of East Gate.
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This Court determines and adjudicates that SBA has made a sufficient

showing that East Gate has violated the Act and the Regulations, as alleged in the

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Complaint filed against East Gate in the instant action. to obtain the relief so requested.
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Alier completing i1s acli\'iti.:s in accordance with this Order. !he Receiver

ma) recommend that East tiaie·s license as an SBIC be rernked and tha1 control ufthc

-' / limitrd panncr,hip ht! returned

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IO Las! gale°> general

partnerand·or its.dcsigncc or

successor in interest.

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SO ORDERED
DA TED thi>

14tJ:! day of_ Oct. 111115

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United States Dimi~t C'om1 J1o1dge Magistrate Judge

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SEEN AND AGREED BY EAST GATE PRl\'ATE EQUITY Fl:l\D Ill, L.P. AND
THE t:.S. S'\1ALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATIO:"i, THROl:GH TH~IR Dt:LY
AL'THORIZED REPRESENTATIVES:

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EAST GATE PRIVATE EQUITY FUl'\D III. L.P.

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By:

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Name: Ken Choi.

Title: Managing. l\kmbcr.
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East Gate Pri\ate Equity Partners LLC
General Panncr of East Gate Pri\'ate Equity Fund Ill. L.P'.

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U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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Name: GaiiJ:GTcen. Chief

Title: Accounts Resolution Branch
SBA lnwstmcnt Dh·ision
Ollicc ofSBIC Liquidation

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