MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC v. Panoche Pistachios, LLC et al
Plaintiff: MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC
Defendant: Willow Avenue Investments, LLC, Farid Assemi, Farshid Assemi, Darius Assemi and Panoche Pistachios, LLC
Receiver: Phillip Christensen
Unknown: Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
Case Number: 1:2024cv01241
Filed: October 11, 2024
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of California
Presiding Judge: Stanley A Boone
Referring Judge: Kirk E Sherriff
Nature of Suit: Real Property: Foreclosure
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 5, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 24 NOTICE of RELATED CASE(S) 1:24-cv-01455-SKO, 1:24-cv-01226-KES, 1:24-cv-01102-KES, 1:24-cv-01105-KES, 1:24-cv-01230-KES, 1:24-cv-01231-KES, 1:24-cv-01232-KES, 1:24-cv-01233-KES, 1:24-cv-01235-KES, 1:24-cv-01261-KES by Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation. Attorney Whitney, Marshall Craig added. (Whitney, Marshall)
November 27, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 23 NOTICE - Posting of Bond of Receiver by Phillip Christensen. (Maldonado, C)
November 21, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 22 NOTICE Oath of Receiver by Phillip Christensen. (Shechtman, Zev)
November 21, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 21 NOTICE of APPEARANCE by Zev M. Shechtman on behalf of Phillip Christensen. Attorney Shechtman, Zev M. added. (Shechtman, Zev)
November 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 20 CERTIFICATE / PROOF of SERVICE by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC re #18 Order, Set/Reset Deadlines and Hearings, Order on Motion to Appoint Receiver. (Brown, Michael)
November 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 19 STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT (PANOCHE PISTACHIOS, LLC; WILLOW AVENUE INVESTMENTS, LLC) by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC. (Brown, Michael)
November 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR ORDER APPOINTING RECEIVER AND FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION signed by District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff on 11/17/2024. (Gonzales, V)
November 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 17 CERTIFICATE / PROOF of SERVICE by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC re #16 MOTION to APPOINT RECEIVER PLAINTIFF, #15 EX PARTE APPLICATION by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC for Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction.. (Brown, Michael)
November 14, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 16 MOTION to APPOINT RECEIVER PLAINTIFF by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Thomas A. Woods In Support of Ex Parte Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction, #2 Declaration of Phillip J. Christensen of Agriglobe In Support of Ex Parte Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction, #3 Declaration of Jeremy Rasmussen In Support of Ex Parte Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction, #4 Request for Judicial Notice In Support of Ex Parte Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction, #5 Proposed Order Granting Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction) (Brown, Michael)
November 14, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 15 EX PARTE APPLICATION by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC for Motion for Order Appointing Receiver and for Preliminary Injunction. (Brown, Michael)
October 29, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 14 SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED: Farid Assemi served on 10/29/2024, answer due 11/19/2024. (Brown, Michael)
October 29, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 13 SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED: Farshid Assemi served on 10/29/2024, answer due 11/19/2024. (Brown, Michael)
October 28, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 12 SUMMONS RETURNED EXECUTED: Darius Assemi served on 10/25/2024, answer due 11/15/2024. (Brown, Michael)
October 24, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MINUTE ORDER (Text Only Entry) signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 10/24/2024: The Initial Scheduling Conference on 01/15/2025 is RESET to 02/06/2025 at 11:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. A Joint Scheduling Report is due one week before the new conference date. (Nguyen, J)
October 23, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 10 NOTICE of APPEARANCE by Robert Cullen Barton on behalf of Panoche Pistachios, LLC. Attorney Barton, Robert Cullen added. (Barton, Robert)
October 22, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 9 MINUTE ORDER (Text Only Entry) signed by District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff on 10/22/2024: On October 18, 2024, the plaintiff in Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. v. FNF Farms, LLC, et al., 1:24-cv-01226-JLT-BAM, filed a notice of related cases identifying nine potentially related cases, including this one. An examination of case numbers 1:24-cv-01102-KES-SAB, 1:24-cv-01105-KES-SKO, 1:24-cv-01226-JLT-BAM, 1:24-cv-01230-SAB, 1:24-cv-01231-CDB, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-BAM, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-EPG, 1:24-cv-01235-KES-HBK, 1:24-cv-01241-KES-CDB, and 1:24-cv-01261-HBK reveals that they are related within the meaning of Local Rule 123. Under Rule 123, related cases are generally assigned to the judge and magistrate judge to whom the first filed action was assigned. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that case numbers 1:24-cv-01102-KES-SAB, 1:24-cv-01105-KES-SKO, 1:24-cv-01226-JLT-BAM, 1:24-cv-01230-SAB, 1:24-cv-01231-CDB, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-BAM, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-EPG, 1:24-cv-01235-KES-HBK, 1:24-cv-01241-KES-CDB, and 1:24-cv-01261-HBK be assigned to District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff and Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone. The Clerk of Court is directed to update the docket in each case to reflect that the cases are related to one another. It is further ORDERED that the Clerk of Court make appropriate adjustment in the assignment of civil cases to compensate for this reassignment. (Gonzales, V)
October 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 8 CONSENT/DECLINE of U.S. Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 73(b)(1), this document is restricted to attorneys and court staff only. Judges do not have access to view this document and will be informed of a party's response only if all parties have consented to the referral. (Brown, Michael)
October 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 7 NOTICE of RELATED CASE(S) 1:24-cv-01102-KES-SAB, 1:24-cv-01105-SKO, 1:24-cv-01226-BAM, 1:24-cv-01230-SAB, 1:24-cv-01231-CDB, 1:24-cv-01232-KES-BAM, 1:24-cv-01233-KES-EPG, 1:24-cv-0135-KES-HBK, 1:24-cv-01261-HBK by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC. (Brown, Michael)
October 15, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 6 ORDER DISQUALIFYING District Judge and REASSIGNING Case, signed by District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 10/15/2024. Case reassigned to District Judge Kirk E. Sherriff. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston no longer assigned to case. Old Case Number: 1:24-cv-01241-JLT-CDB. New Case Number: 1:24-cv-01241-KES-CDB. (Rivera, O)
October 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 5 CIVIL NEW CASE DOCUMENTS ISSUED; Initial Scheduling Conference set for 1/15/2025 at 09:00 AM in Bakersfield (CDB) before Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker. (Attachments: #1 CDB Worksheet, #2 Standing Order, #3 Consent Form, #4 VDRP) (Sant Agata, S)
October 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 4 SUMMONS ISSUED as to *Panoche Pistachios, LLC, Willow Avenue Investments, LLC* with answer to complaint due within *21* days. Attorney *Michael B. Brown* *500 Capitol Mall* *Suite 1600* *Sacramento, CA 95814*. (Sant Agata, S)
October 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 3 SUMMONS ISSUED as to *Darius Assemi, Farid Assemi, Farshid Assemi* with answer to complaint due within *21* days. Attorney *Michael B. Brown* *500 Capitol Mall* *Suite 1600* *Sacramento, CA 95814*. (Sant Agata, S)
October 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 2 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT by Plaintiff MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC. (Brown, Michael)
October 11, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 1 COMPLAINT FOR BREACH OF LOAN AGREEMENT; BREACH OF GUARANTY; JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE; SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE AND APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER; INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; AND REPLEVIN against All Defendants by MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC. Attorney Brown, Michael Barrett added. (Filing fee $ 405, receipt number ACAEDC-11806382) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6, #7 Exhibit 7, #8 Exhibit 8, #9 Exhibit 9, #10 Civil Cover Sheet) (Brown, Michael)

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Plaintiff: MetLife Real Estate Lending, LLC
Represented By: Michael Barrett Brown
Represented By: Thomas Andrew Woods
Represented By: Michelle Rosales
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