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1 CHARLEY M. STOLL,
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
2 Charley M. Stoll, Esq. SBN 64946
cstoll@cmsapc.com
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340 Rosewood Avenue, Suite K
4 Camarillo, California 93010
805.389.5296 I 805.389 .5288 Fax
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Attorneys for Betteravia Farms LLC
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and Lompoc Farming LLC
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA
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11 JOEL LOPEZ OCHOA, an individual and Case No.: 24CV0037 4
on behalf of all others similarly situated,
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Plaintiff, James F. Rigal i - Dept SM2]
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BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND
15 VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC., a California LOMPOC FARMING LLC 'S JOINDER
corporation; BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC, a IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC., BOB
16 California limited liability company; BOB CAMPBELL RANCHES, INC. , SANTA
17 CAMPBELL RANCH ES, INC., a California BARBARAFARMSLLCANDOCEAN
corporation ; LOMPOC FARM ING LLC, a VIEW FLOWERS LLC 'S MOTION TO
18 California limited liability company; SANTA COMPEL ARBITRATION OF
BARBARA FARMS LLC, a California PLAINTIFF JOEL LOPEZ OCHOA'S
19 limited liability company; OCEAN VIEW CLAIMS AND DISMISS CLASS
FLOWERS LLC ; and DOES 1 through ALLEGATIONS AND STAY ACTION
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100, inclusive,
21 Date: May 14, 2024
Defendants. Time: 8:30 a.m.
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Judge: Hon. James F. Rigali
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Complaint Filed : 01/19/2024
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Dept.: SM2
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BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC. ET AL. 'S MOTION TO
COMPEL ARBITRATION
Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., et a/. - Santa Barbara Superior Court- Case No. 24CV00374
1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants Betteravia Farms LLC and Lompoc
2 Farming LLC 's hereby join in and adopts Defendants Velazquez Packing , Inc., Bob
3 Campbell Ranches, Inc., Santa Barbara Farms LLC and Ocean View Flowers LLC 's
4 (collectively referred to as "VPI Defendants") Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel
5 Lopez Ochoa's Claims and Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action, including all facts,
6 arguments, points of authorities, case law, statutes and evidence presented in VPI
7 Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel Lopez Ochoa's Claims and
8 Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action, and any and all supporting documents and
9 declarations filed therein by VPI Defendants in support thereof, and on such Joinder,
10 Defendants Betteravia Farms LLC And Lompoc Farming LLC request that the Court grant
11 Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel Lopez Ochoa's Claims and
12 Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action in its entirety.
13 Dated: March 14, 2024 CHARLEY M. STOLL,
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
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Farms LLC and Lompoc Farming LLC
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BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC. ET AL.'S MOTION TO
COMPEL ARBITRATION
Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/. - Santa Barbara Superior Court- Case No. 24CV00374
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
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Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/. - Santa Barbara Superior
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Court- Case No. 24CV0037 4
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6 I, the undersigned , declare:
7 I am a citizen of the United States and am employed in the County of Ventura, State
8 of California. I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to this action . My business
address is 340 Rosewood Ave., Suite K, Camarillo, California 930 10.
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On March 14, 2024, I seNed the following document(s) : BETTERAVIA FARMS
10 LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC.,
11 BOB CAMPBELL RANCHES, INC., SANTA BARBARA FARMS LLC AND OCEAN
VIEW FLOWERS LLC 'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION OF PLAINTIFF JOEL
12 LOPEZ OCHOA'S CLAIMS AND DISMISS CLASS ALLEGATIONS AND STAY
ACTION on the interested parties to this action and listed in the ATTACHED SERVICE
13 LIST, in the manner described as follows :
14 XX By electronic mail. In accordance with CCP § 1010.6, I caused said
document(s) to be sent by electronic seNice to the parties at the email addresses listed
15 herein on the date stated thereon . For represented parties, I have confirmed the
appropriate electronic seNice address for the counsel being seNed . For unrepresented
16 party(ies), if any, the unrepresented party(ies) have expressly consent to electronic
seN ice.
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18 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the
above is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 14, 2024, at
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Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/.- Santa Barbara Superior
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5 Attorneys for Plaintiff, Attorneys for Defendants, Velazquez
Joel Lopez Ochoa Packing, Inc., Bob Campbell Ranches,
6 Inc., Santa Barbara Farms LLC, and
7 BIBIYAN LAW GROUP, P.C. Ocean View Flowers LLC
David D. Bibiyan SBN 287811
8 Jeffrey D. Klein SBN 297296 Rafael Gonzalez SBN 210202
Bradley R. Fagnani SBN 261330 Sean T. Stratford-Jones SBN 324440
9 8484 Wilshire Boulevard , Suite 500 MULLEN & HENZELL L.L.P.
Beverly Hills, California 90211 112 East Victoria Street
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0 : (31 0) 438-5555 PO Box 789
11 david@tomorrowlaw.com Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0789
jeff@tomorrowlaw.com 0: (805) 966-1501
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1 CHARLEY M. STOLL, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 2 Charley M. Stoll, Esq. SBN 64946 cstoll@cmsapc.com 3 340 Rosewood Avenue, Suite K 4 Camarillo, California 93010 805.389.5296 I 805.389 .5288 Fax 5 Attorneys for Betteravia Farms LLC 6 and Lompoc Farming LLC 7 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA BARBARA 10 11 JOEL LOPEZ OCHOA, an individual and Case No.: 24CV0037 4 on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 [Assigned for all purposes to Honorable Plaintiff, James F. Rigal i - Dept SM2] 13 14 vs. BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND 15 VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC., a California LOMPOC FARMING LLC 'S JOINDER corporation; BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC, a IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC., BOB 16 California limited liability company; BOB CAMPBELL RANCHES, INC. , SANTA 17 CAMPBELL RANCH ES, INC., a California BARBARAFARMSLLCANDOCEAN corporation ; LOMPOC FARM ING LLC, a VIEW FLOWERS LLC 'S MOTION TO 18 California limited liability company; SANTA COMPEL ARBITRATION OF BARBARA FARMS LLC, a California PLAINTIFF JOEL LOPEZ OCHOA'S 19 limited liability company; OCEAN VIEW CLAIMS AND DISMISS CLASS FLOWERS LLC ; and DOES 1 through ALLEGATIONS AND STAY ACTION 20 100, inclusive, 21 Date: May 14, 2024 Defendants. Time: 8:30 a.m. 22 Dept.: 5M2 Judge: Hon. James F. Rigali 23 24 Complaint Filed : 01/19/2024 25 Trial Date: Not Set Dept.: SM2 26 27 28 -1- BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC. ET AL. 'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., et a/. - Santa Barbara Superior Court- Case No. 24CV00374 1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants Betteravia Farms LLC and Lompoc 2 Farming LLC 's hereby join in and adopts Defendants Velazquez Packing , Inc., Bob 3 Campbell Ranches, Inc., Santa Barbara Farms LLC and Ocean View Flowers LLC 's 4 (collectively referred to as "VPI Defendants") Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel 5 Lopez Ochoa's Claims and Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action, including all facts, 6 arguments, points of authorities, case law, statutes and evidence presented in VPI 7 Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel Lopez Ochoa's Claims and 8 Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action, and any and all supporting documents and 9 declarations filed therein by VPI Defendants in support thereof, and on such Joinder, 10 Defendants Betteravia Farms LLC And Lompoc Farming LLC request that the Court grant 11 Defendants' Motion to Compel Arbitration of Plaintiff Joel Lopez Ochoa's Claims and 12 Dismiss Class Allegations and Stay Action in its entirety. 13 Dated: March 14, 2024 CHARLEY M. STOLL, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 14 15 16 17 Attorneys for Defendants, Betteravia Farms LLC and Lompoc Farming LLC 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -2- BETTERAVIA FARMS LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC. ET AL.'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/. - Santa Barbara Superior Court- Case No. 24CV00374 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 [CCP § 2015.5; § 1013 a; §1010.6] 3 Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/. - Santa Barbara Superior 4 Court- Case No. 24CV0037 4 5 6 I, the undersigned , declare: 7 I am a citizen of the United States and am employed in the County of Ventura, State 8 of California. I am over the age of eighteen and not a party to this action . My business address is 340 Rosewood Ave., Suite K, Camarillo, California 930 10. 9 On March 14, 2024, I seNed the following document(s) : BETTERAVIA FARMS 10 LLC AND LOMPOC FARMING LLC'S JOINDER IN VELAZQUEZ PACKING, INC., 11 BOB CAMPBELL RANCHES, INC., SANTA BARBARA FARMS LLC AND OCEAN VIEW FLOWERS LLC 'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION OF PLAINTIFF JOEL 12 LOPEZ OCHOA'S CLAIMS AND DISMISS CLASS ALLEGATIONS AND STAY ACTION on the interested parties to this action and listed in the ATTACHED SERVICE 13 LIST, in the manner described as follows : 14 XX By electronic mail. In accordance with CCP § 1010.6, I caused said document(s) to be sent by electronic seNice to the parties at the email addresses listed 15 herein on the date stated thereon . For represented parties, I have confirmed the appropriate electronic seNice address for the counsel being seNed . For unrepresented 16 party(ies), if any, the unrepresented party(ies) have expressly consent to electronic seN ice. 17 18 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the above is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on March 14, 2024, at 19 Camarillo, California. 20 21 22 Dana . Lavenant 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE 1 SERVICE LIST 2 Joel Lopez Ochoa v. Velazquez Packing, Inc., eta/.- Santa Barbara Superior 3 Court- Case No. 24CV0037 4 4 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff, Attorneys for Defendants, Velazquez Joel Lopez Ochoa Packing, Inc., Bob Campbell Ranches, 6 Inc., Santa Barbara Farms LLC, and 7 BIBIYAN LAW GROUP, P.C. Ocean View Flowers LLC David D. Bibiyan SBN 287811 8 Jeffrey D. Klein SBN 297296 Rafael Gonzalez SBN 210202 Bradley R. Fagnani SBN 261330 Sean T. Stratford-Jones SBN 324440 9 8484 Wilshire Boulevard , Suite 500 MULLEN & HENZELL L.L.P. Beverly Hills, California 90211 112 East Victoria Street 10 0 : (31 0) 438-5555 PO Box 789 11 david@tomorrowlaw.com Santa Barbara, CA 93102-0789 jeff@tomorrowlaw.com 0: (805) 966-1501 12 brad@tomorrowlaw.com rgonza lez@mullenlaw.com sstratford- jones@mullenlaw.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE