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1 Christopher D. Nissen, Esq. (SBN 202034)
Adam E. Wayne (SBN 332534)
2 Sonia T. Amodeo (SBN 349279)
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,
3 EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
555 S Flower St, Suite 2900
4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2407
Telephone: (213) 443-5100
5 Facsimile: (213) 445-5101
Email: christopher.nissen@wilsonelser.com
6 adam.wayne@wilsonelser.com
sonia.amodeo@wilsonelser.com
7 Attorneys for Claimants
CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC.
8 dba RAW GARDEN
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
10 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA – SOUTH COUNTY DIVISION
11 EAST WEST BANK, a California state Case No.: 23CV02629
banking corporation, [Assigned for all Purposes to the Honorable
12 Colleen K. Stern, Dept. 5]
13 Plaintiff, CLAIMANT CENTRAL COAST
AGRICULTURE, INC.’S NOTICE OF AND
14 v. APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH
ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT
15 AND ORDER PERMITTING THE
HERBL, INC., a California corporation dba CREATION OF LIEN
16 HERBL, HERBL DISTRIBUTION
SOLUTIONS, and HDS NATURALS, Date: April 29, 2024
17 Time: 10:00 a.m.
Defendant. Filed/Lodged Concurrently with:
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1. Memorandum of Points and Authorities
19 in Support of Application;
2. Declarations of Thomas Martin and
20 Exhibits
3. Declaration of Keely Ryan and Exhibits;
21 4. Declaration of Christopher Nissen and
Exhibits;
22 5. [Proposed] Order;
6. Request for Judicial Notice;
23 7. [Proposed] Order Granting Request for
Judicial Notice
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8. Motion to File Under Seal;
25 9. [Proposed] Order Granting Motion to
File Under Seal
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NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER
PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN
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TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 29, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the
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matter may be heard, in Department 5 of the above-entitled Court, Claimant CENTRAL COAST A
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GRICULTURE, INC. dba RAW GARDEN (“CCA”) will, and hereby do, apply to this Court, ex
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parte, for the following relief: (1) a Right to Attach Order and Wr it of Attachment in the instant to
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place an attachment lien on Herbl’s assets to secure funds to pay th e final judgment in the CCA v.
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Herbl Litigation (Case No. ase No. 22CV00077, Assigned for a ll Purposes to the Honorable
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Donna D. Geck, Dept 4) and (2) permitting the creation of a lien.
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This is based upon the Notice and Application, Memorandum of Points and Authorities,
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Declarations of Christopher D. Nissen, Esq., Thomas Martin and Ryan Keely and exhibits, all
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pleadings, papers, and records on file in this action, all matters upon which this Court may take
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judicial notice, and any oral or documentary evidence as may be presented before or at the time of
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the hearing on this application.
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Dated: February 23, 2024 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,
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17 By: /s/ Christopher D. Nissen
Christopher D. Nissen
18 Adam E. Wayne
Sonia T. Amodeo
19 Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants
CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC.
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NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER
PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN
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Code Civ. Proc., § 1013b
2 East West Bank. vs. Herbl, Inc.
Santa Barbara Court Case No: 23CV02629
3 WEMED File No: 24879.00001
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5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
6 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and
not a party to this action. My business address is 555 South Flower Street, Suite 2900, Los Angeles,
7 California 90071. My electronic service address is jamie.cho@wilsonelser.com.
8 On March 8, 2024, I caused the foregoing document, entitled “CLAIMANT CENTRAL
COAST AGRICULTURE, INC.’S NOTICE OF AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO
9 ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE
CREATION OF LIEN; [PROPOSED] ORDER
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to be served on the person(s) identified in the attached Service List, at their respective [residential /
11 business / electronic service] address(es), by the below-indicated means:
12 [X] (BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE) I electronically served the foregoing document in PDF
format on behalf of CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC. dba RAW GARDEN,
13 AND NABIONE, INC. dba NABIS
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is
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17 /s/ Jamie Cho
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East West Bank. vs. Herbl, Inc.
2 Santa Barbara Court Case No: 23CV02629
WEMED File No: 24879.00001
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Marshall J. Hogan (#286147) Attorneys for Plaintiff
5 mhogan@swlaw.com EAST WEST BANK
6 Andrew B Still (#312444)
astill@swlaw.com
7 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400
8 Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7689
Telephone: 714.427.7000
9 Facsimile: 714.427.7799
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Bryce A. Suzuki (pro hac vice forthcoming)
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SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
12 One East Washington Street, Suite 2700
Phoenix, AZ 85004
13 Telephone: 602.382.6000
14 Facsimile: 602.382.6070
15 Michael S. Fauver (SBN: 205829) Attorneys for Defendant
Marcus J. Kocmur (SBN: 208702) HERBL, INC.
16 Ian L.M. Durdle (SBN: 329187)
FAUVER, LARGE, ARCHBALD &
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SPRAY, LLP 820 State Street, 4th Floor
18 Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: (805) 966-7000 Fax: (805) 966-7227
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mkocmur@flasllp.com
20 idurdle@flasllp.com
Marina Ratliff, paralegal
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Lawrence J. Conlan (SBN: 221350) Attorneys for Defendant
23 David L. Cousineau (SBN: 298801) HERBL, INC.
CAPPELLO & NOËL LLP
24 831 State Street
25 Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Tel: (805) 564-2444 Fax: (805) 965-5950
26 lconlan@cappellonoel.com
dcousineau@cappellonoel.com
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adickerson@cappellonoel.com
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Larry Russ Attorneys for Nabione, Inc. dba Nabis
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Timothy M. Baumann
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12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200
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1 Christopher D. Nissen, Esq. (SBN 202034) Adam E. Wayne (SBN 332534) 2 Sonia T. Amodeo (SBN 349279) WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 3 EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 555 S Flower St, Suite 2900 4 Los Angeles, CA 90071-2407 Telephone: (213) 443-5100 5 Facsimile: (213) 445-5101 Email: christopher.nissen@wilsonelser.com 6 adam.wayne@wilsonelser.com sonia.amodeo@wilsonelser.com 7 Attorneys for Claimants CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC. 8 dba RAW GARDEN 9 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 10 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA – SOUTH COUNTY DIVISION 11 EAST WEST BANK, a California state Case No.: 23CV02629 banking corporation, [Assigned for all Purposes to the Honorable 12 Colleen K. Stern, Dept. 5] 13 Plaintiff, CLAIMANT CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC.’S NOTICE OF AND 14 v. APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT 15 AND ORDER PERMITTING THE HERBL, INC., a California corporation dba CREATION OF LIEN 16 HERBL, HERBL DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS, and HDS NATURALS, Date: April 29, 2024 17 Time: 10:00 a.m. Defendant. Filed/Lodged Concurrently with: 18 1. Memorandum of Points and Authorities 19 in Support of Application; 2. Declarations of Thomas Martin and 20 Exhibits 3. Declaration of Keely Ryan and Exhibits; 21 4. Declaration of Christopher Nissen and Exhibits; 22 5. [Proposed] Order; 6. Request for Judicial Notice; 23 7. [Proposed] Order Granting Request for Judicial Notice 24 8. Motion to File Under Seal; 25 9. [Proposed] Order Granting Motion to File Under Seal 26 27 28 1 NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN 292920027v.1 1 TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 2 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on April 29, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the 3 matter may be heard, in Department 5 of the above-entitled Court, Claimant CENTRAL COAST A 4 GRICULTURE, INC. dba RAW GARDEN (“CCA”) will, and hereby do, apply to this Court, ex 5 parte, for the following relief: (1) a Right to Attach Order and Wr it of Attachment in the instant to 6 place an attachment lien on Herbl’s assets to secure funds to pay th e final judgment in the CCA v. 7 Herbl Litigation (Case No. ase No. 22CV00077, Assigned for a ll Purposes to the Honorable 8 Donna D. Geck, Dept 4) and (2) permitting the creation of a lien. 9 This is based upon the Notice and Application, Memorandum of Points and Authorities, 10 Declarations of Christopher D. Nissen, Esq., Thomas Martin and Ryan Keely and exhibits, all 11 pleadings, papers, and records on file in this action, all matters upon which this Court may take 12 judicial notice, and any oral or documentary evidence as may be presented before or at the time of 13 the hearing on this application. 14 Dated: February 23, 2024 WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ, 15 EDELMAN & DICKER LLP 16 17 By: /s/ Christopher D. Nissen Christopher D. Nissen 18 Adam E. Wayne Sonia T. Amodeo 19 Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC. 20 dba RAW GARDEN 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN 292920027v.1 1 PROOF OF SERVICE Code Civ. Proc., § 1013b 2 East West Bank. vs. Herbl, Inc. Santa Barbara Court Case No: 23CV02629 3 WEMED File No: 24879.00001 4 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES 6 I am employed in the County of Los Angeles, State of California. I am over the age of 18 and not a party to this action. My business address is 555 South Flower Street, Suite 2900, Los Angeles, 7 California 90071. My electronic service address is jamie.cho@wilsonelser.com. 8 On March 8, 2024, I caused the foregoing document, entitled “CLAIMANT CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC.’S NOTICE OF AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO 9 ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN; [PROPOSED] ORDER 10 to be served on the person(s) identified in the attached Service List, at their respective [residential / 11 business / electronic service] address(es), by the below-indicated means: 12 [X] (BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE) I electronically served the foregoing document in PDF format on behalf of CENTRAL COAST AGRICULTURE, INC. dba RAW GARDEN, 13 AND NABIONE, INC. dba NABIS 14 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is 15 true and correct. 16 Executed on March 8, 2024, at Los Angeles, California. 17 /s/ Jamie Cho 18 Jamie Cho 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3 NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN 292920027v.1 1 SERVICE LIST East West Bank. vs. Herbl, Inc. 2 Santa Barbara Court Case No: 23CV02629 WEMED File No: 24879.00001 3 4 Marshall J. Hogan (#286147) Attorneys for Plaintiff 5 mhogan@swlaw.com EAST WEST BANK 6 Andrew B Still (#312444) astill@swlaw.com 7 SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. 600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 1400 8 Costa Mesa, CA 92626-7689 Telephone: 714.427.7000 9 Facsimile: 714.427.7799 10 Bryce A. Suzuki (pro hac vice forthcoming) 11 bsuzuki@swlaw.com SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. 12 One East Washington Street, Suite 2700 Phoenix, AZ 85004 13 Telephone: 602.382.6000 14 Facsimile: 602.382.6070 15 Michael S. Fauver (SBN: 205829) Attorneys for Defendant Marcus J. Kocmur (SBN: 208702) HERBL, INC. 16 Ian L.M. Durdle (SBN: 329187) FAUVER, LARGE, ARCHBALD & 17 SPRAY, LLP 820 State Street, 4th Floor 18 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: (805) 966-7000 Fax: (805) 966-7227 19 mfauver@flasllp.com mkocmur@flasllp.com 20 idurdle@flasllp.com Marina Ratliff, paralegal 21 mratliff@flasllp.com 22 Lawrence J. Conlan (SBN: 221350) Attorneys for Defendant 23 David L. Cousineau (SBN: 298801) HERBL, INC. CAPPELLO & NOËL LLP 24 831 State Street 25 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: (805) 564-2444 Fax: (805) 965-5950 26 lconlan@cappellonoel.com dcousineau@cappellonoel.com 27 rlloyd@cappellonoel.com adickerson@cappellonoel.com 28 mduong@cappellonoel.com 4 NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN 292920027v.1 1 mduong@cappellonoel.com jwarson@cappellonoel.com 2 3 Larry Russ Attorneys for Nabione, Inc. dba Nabis 4 Nathan D. Meyer Timothy M. Baumann 5 Russ August & Kabat 12424 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1200 6 Los Angeles, CA 90025 7 Tel: (310) 826-7474 Fax: (310) 826-6991 LRuss@raklaw.com 8 NMeyer@raklaw.com TBaumann@raklaw.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 NOTICE AND APPLICATION FOR RIGHT TO ATTACH ORDER AND WRIT OF ATTACHMENT AND ORDER PERMITTING THE CREATION OF LIEN 292920027v.1