In re: Grand Capital Asset Management Ltd.

Filing 7

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1782 granting 1 Letter Motion for Discovery. It is hereby ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows: The Application is GRANTED. Any Discovery taken pursuant to this Order wil l be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The Applicant's request for leave to conduct discovery including, but not limited to, leave to serve subpoenas in substantially similar form as the form attached to the Application and to take testimony is GRANTED. The Applicant's request to be appointed as the person with the power to administer any necessary oath and take testimony or a statement is GRANTED. The Respondents are ordered to preserve all relevant and potentially relevant evidence in their possession, custody or control until such time as Applicant communicates to them that the preservation is no longer necessary or until further order of this Court. Applicant is further authorized to issue and serve add itional follow-up subpoenas on the Respondents or third parties as may be necessary to obtain the documentary and testimonial evidence for use in the Contemplated Proceeding. Applicant is not required to serve the Application upon Gulf Technical, the Discovery Subjects, as defined in the Declaration of James Fox, and the Respondents. Applicant is not required to serve this Order or subpoenas to the Respondents upon Gulf Technical and the Discovery Subjects. Nothing in this Order should be construed to prevent or otherwise foreclose Applicant from seeking modification of this Order or leave of Court to serve any additional subpoena on a person or entity. IT IS SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein on 5/29/20) (yv)