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Matthew C. Bradford, Esq. (196798)
Nathan M. Robinson, Esq. (305611)
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ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP ETir r
3439 Brookside Road, Suite 212 Superior Court of California
WY
Stockton, CA 95219 County of Placer
Telephone: (209) 954-9001 MA
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Facsimile: (209) 954-9091 R16 2020
Jake Chatters
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a beitive Officer & Clerk
Attorneys for Defendants, : O.Lucatuorto. 5
Petroleum, Inc. and Nirmal Singh , Deputy
Roseville
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SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF PLACER - UNLIMITED CIVIL
VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., a CASE NO. S-CV-0035599
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California corporation
REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
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Plaintiff,
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Date: April 16, 2020
vs. Time: 8:30 a.m.
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Dept.: TBD
SONORA GASOLINE CORPORATION, a
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California corporation formerly known as
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SONORA PETROLEUM, INC., a California
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corporation, GURRAJ SINGH GREWAL,
SABAL FINANCIAL GROUP LP, a
Delaware limited partnership; 2012-SIP-1
VENTURE LLC, A Delaware limited
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liability company as successor to Tennessee
State Charted Bank, ROSEVILLE
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PETROLEUM, INC., a California
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corporation, NIRMAL SINGH, and DOES
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ONE through TWENTY, inclusive
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Defendants.
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BY
Pursuant to Evidence Code section 452(d) and the Rules of Court 3.1113 and 3.1306(c),
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Defendants Roseville Petroleum Inc. and Nirmal Singh hereby requests that the Court take
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judicial notice of the following exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit A in support of Defendants’
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Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint for Failure to Prosecute.
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
1. Parmar, LLC v. Voyager Restaurant Group, Inc., et.al., Superior Court of California,
County of Placer, Case No. SCV0039888, Order Granting Parmar, LLC’s Motion for
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Summary Judgment, filed September 20, 2018.
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DATED: March 16, 2020 ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP
By: yl Fe
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REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE
PROOF OF SERVICE
1,the undersigned, certifyand declareas follows: Iam over theage of eighteen years and not a partyto this
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action. My business address is ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP, 3439 Brookside Road, Suite 212, Stockton,
California95219, which islocated inSan Joaquin County where themailing and/or delivery below took place.
On March 16, 2020, Iserved the followingdocument(s) REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE inthe
above-referenced case, by placinga truecopy thereof,enclosed ina sealedenvelope, addressed and served as
follows:
BY PERSONALLY DEPOSITING THE MAIL: On the datespecified above, |deposited in the mail atthe
place specified above a copy of the document described above in asealed envelope, with postage fully
prepaid addressed to theindividualsand/or tothe officesof theaddressee(s) below.
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BY BUSINESS PRACTICE TO ENTRUST DEPOSIT TO OTHERS: | am readily familiar with the
business practiceat my place of business forcollectionand processing of correspondence formailing with
the United States PostalService. Correspondence so collected and processed is deposited with theUnited
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StatesPostal Service thatsame day inthe ordinary course ofbusiness. On the date specifiedbelow, at my
place ofbusiness at Stockton,California,a copy of thedocument described above was placed fordeposit in
the United States PostalService mailbox ina sealed envelope,with postage fullyprepaid addressed to the
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individualsand/or to theofficesof the addressee(s)below, and that envelope was placed forcollectionand
10 mailing on thatdate following ordinarybusiness practice.
BY EXPRESS SERVICE CARRIER: On thedate specified below, I deposited in a box or other facility
1] regularly maintained by Federal Express, United Parcel Service or other express service carrier,or
delivered toa courier or driverauthorized by said express servicecarrierto receive documents, acopy of
the document mentioned above, inan envelope designed by the said express servicecarrier,with delivery
fees paidor provided for addressed tothe individualsand/or tothe officesofthe addressee(s) below.
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Paul A, Warner, Esq. (SBN 112168) Gurraj Singh Grewal
14 1624 Santa Clara Drive, Suite220 Sonora Petroleum, Inc.
Roseville,CA 95661 Sonora Gasoline Corporation,
1S 1556 Shaw Avenue,
Telephone: (916) 996-3100 Clovis,CA 93611
Facsimile : (916) 789-7557 and/or
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863 Tennessee Avenue North,
Attorneyfor Plaintiff,Voyager Restaurant Group, Inc. Parsons, TN 38363
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Telephone: Unknown
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Email: foxoilgas@vyahoo.com
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In Pro Per
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Icertifyand declare under penalty ofperjury under thelaws of th of Califo
21 trueand correct.
Executed on March 16,2020, at Stockton,California.
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PROOF OF SERVICE
EXHIBIT A
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DENAE BILDEBRAND BUDDE (SBN 166980) Superior Court.ofCalif
PO county of Placar os
LESLIE-A. BAXTER (SBN 148195)
BUDDE LAW GROUP, SEP 20 2018
A Professional aw Corporation
500 Yynacio Valley Road, Suite 320 ke Chatters
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Walnut Creeh, CA 94596 exncutive Officer& Ct
Tel: 925-939-9880 By: A. MoMahon, D
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Fax: 925-939-9915
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Attorneys forPlaintiff,Defendant, Cross-Defyndant
Parmar, LLC, a CaliforniaLimited LiabilityCompuny
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF PLACER
PARMAR, 1A.C,.2 Californialimited liability Consolidated
sompany Case No.: SCV0039888
Plaintiff, [ERE )| ORDER GRANTING
PARMAR, LLC'S MOTION FOR
¥, - SUMMARY JUDGMENT
VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 8 Date: September 20, 2018
California Corporation,and DOES |through Time: 8:30 a.m,
15, inclusive Dept.;32
Defendants.
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AND RELATED CROSS-COMPLAINT
VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 2
California Corporation,
Plaintiff,
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HPARMAR LLC, a Californialimited lability
company, PARNEET PARMAR, PAUL
SINGH, and DOES ONE through FIFTY,
inclusive,
Defendants.
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[ioucaaeagien) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, i LLCSMOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
Upon review of thedocuments submitied and argument rendered atthe hearingof this
matter,the Court hereby grants theMotion for Summary Judgment, or inthe alternative,
Motion
for Summary Adjudication (the"Motion"),brought by plaintiffParmar, LLC, The Court adopts ;
itstentativerulingand orders asfollows:
Ruling.on Request forJudicia}Notice
Parmar LLC's requestforjudicialnoticeisgrantedunder Evidence Cade section452,
Ruling.on Objections
Parmar L.1.C'sobjectionsnos,2,3,5, 7-11,14-16, 18-23,27-30 are susmined. Objections
nus. 1,4,6,12, 13,17, 24-26,41, 32are overruled.
Ruling onMotion
The motion isgranted initsentirety,
‘Thetrial
courtshallgrant amotion forsummary
judgment the
if “all paperssubmitted show thatthereisno triableissueasto any materialfactand th
moving partyisentitledtoa judgment asa matterof law.”(Code of CivilProcedure section ,
437¢(c).)]
A partyto theaction may also move fursummary adjudication party
if that contends there isnomerit)
toone or more of thecausus ofaction,(Code Procedure
of Civil section437c(f)(1).) However, @
motion forsummary adjudication only
shall be grantedwhere it completelydisposesof acause of
action.(/bid.)Inreviewing a motion forsummary judgment, the court
trial must view thesupporting
evidence,and inferences reasonablydrawn from such evidence,inthe lightmost favorabletothe
opposing purty.(Aguilar v.Adunte Company
Richfield (2001) 25 Cal.4th826, 843.)
Parmar £.1-Chas submited evidence
sufficient tonegate theclements for theclaims within
Voyager's amended
first cross-complaint andostablishtheelements forthe claimswithin its
operativecomplaint. ‘Thesubmittedevidence shows thatVoyxger and Sonora Petroleum enteredinto
2 leaseagreement on September |,2011.(Parmar L).C°s SSUUMF No, |.)The leaseagreement went
intoeffecton August 31, 2011. at
(Id. Nos, 2,3.) Paragraph 43 oftheagreement states the
that lease
agreement becomes nul]and void terms
if the uf theagreement are nolcommenced withintwo years
of theeffectivedate.(Id.atNu. 4.)No amendments
written to tholeaseagreement wore executedby
$Y theparties at
(Id; Nos. 11,12.) Voyager executed of
a declaration leasecommenvement afterthe
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ROP two-year period,(Jd.atNo. 5.) Voyager alsothiledtomake monthly rentpayments orthesecurity
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RUSTED) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, LLCS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT |
depositas requiredunder theleaseagreement,(Id.at Nos.6-10.)Voyager recorded a Memorandum
tw of Leasean July 21,2014, afterthetwo-yearcommencement periodon theleaseagreement and
Without enteringintoan agreementwith SonicAmerica’s Drive-in tooperatesuch a restaurant,
(Id.
atNos, 13-15.) This evidenceissuffigient
tomeet Parmar LLC's initial
burden, shiftingtheburden
to Voyager todstablishatriableissueofmaterialfact.Voyager has failed
to submit sufficiont
od
evidence toraisea triable
issueof material
fact,SinceVoyager has failedtumeet itsburden,the
motion isgranted asto Parmar LLC’s operativecomplaintand Voyager's operativecross-complaint.
TT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 27 » 2018
JUDGE OP TIKE SUPERIOR COURT
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BeNDE
4M
ROLY
(pizapaRS) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR,
ones
LLC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY SUBGMENT
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Matthew C. Bradford, Esq. (196798) Nathan M. Robinson, Esq. (305611) Nn ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP ETir r 3439 Brookside Road, Suite 212 Superior Court of California WY Stockton, CA 95219 County of Placer Telephone: (209) 954-9001 MA F&F Facsimile: (209) 954-9091 R16 2020 Jake Chatters nH a beitive Officer & Clerk Attorneys for Defendants, : O.Lucatuorto. 5 Petroleum, Inc. and Nirmal Singh , Deputy Roseville NH reo SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA Oo COUNTY OF PLACER - UNLIMITED CIVIL VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., a CASE NO. S-CV-0035599 |C et California corporation REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE &§ Plaintiff, NY Date: April 16, 2020 vs. Time: 8:30 a.m. WY Dept.: TBD SONORA GASOLINE CORPORATION, a Se California corporation formerly known as we SONORA PETROLEUM, INC., a California DKON corporation, GURRAJ SINGH GREWAL, SABAL FINANCIAL GROUP LP, a Delaware limited partnership; 2012-SIP-1 VENTURE LLC, A Delaware limited ON ww liability company as successor to Tennessee State Charted Bank, ROSEVILLE OO PETROLEUM, INC., a California HNO corporation, NIRMAL SINGH, and DOES Oo ONE through TWENTY, inclusive KH HN Defendants. Ne NO NO BY Pursuant to Evidence Code section 452(d) and the Rules of Court 3.1113 and 3.1306(c), Se NO Defendants Roseville Petroleum Inc. and Nirmal Singh hereby requests that the Court take UN NO judicial notice of the following exhibit attached hereto as Exhibit A in support of Defendants’ NO NH Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint for Failure to Prosecute. NO oN NO 1 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE 1. Parmar, LLC v. Voyager Restaurant Group, Inc., et.al., Superior Court of California, County of Placer, Case No. SCV0039888, Order Granting Parmar, LLC’s Motion for No Summary Judgment, filed September 20, 2018. ND NH DATED: March 16, 2020 ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP By: yl Fe eo or Deféadants, Roseville Petroleum, Inc. oOo d Nirmal Singh 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE PROOF OF SERVICE 1,the undersigned, certifyand declareas follows: Iam over theage of eighteen years and not a partyto this wo action. My business address is ROBINSON BRADFORD LLP, 3439 Brookside Road, Suite 212, Stockton, California95219, which islocated inSan Joaquin County where themailing and/or delivery below took place. On March 16, 2020, Iserved the followingdocument(s) REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE inthe above-referenced case, by placinga truecopy thereof,enclosed ina sealedenvelope, addressed and served as follows: BY PERSONALLY DEPOSITING THE MAIL: On the datespecified above, |deposited in the mail atthe place specified above a copy of the document described above in asealed envelope, with postage fully prepaid addressed to theindividualsand/or tothe officesof theaddressee(s) below. ND BY BUSINESS PRACTICE TO ENTRUST DEPOSIT TO OTHERS: | am readily familiar with the business practiceat my place of business forcollectionand processing of correspondence formailing with the United States PostalService. Correspondence so collected and processed is deposited with theUnited Oo StatesPostal Service thatsame day inthe ordinary course ofbusiness. On the date specifiedbelow, at my place ofbusiness at Stockton,California,a copy of thedocument described above was placed fordeposit in the United States PostalService mailbox ina sealed envelope,with postage fullyprepaid addressed to the Oo individualsand/or to theofficesof the addressee(s)below, and that envelope was placed forcollectionand 10 mailing on thatdate following ordinarybusiness practice. BY EXPRESS SERVICE CARRIER: On thedate specified below, I deposited in a box or other facility 1] regularly maintained by Federal Express, United Parcel Service or other express service carrier,or delivered toa courier or driverauthorized by said express servicecarrierto receive documents, acopy of the document mentioned above, inan envelope designed by the said express servicecarrier,with delivery fees paidor provided for addressed tothe individualsand/or tothe officesofthe addressee(s) below. 13 Paul A, Warner, Esq. (SBN 112168) Gurraj Singh Grewal 14 1624 Santa Clara Drive, Suite220 Sonora Petroleum, Inc. Roseville,CA 95661 Sonora Gasoline Corporation, 1S 1556 Shaw Avenue, Telephone: (916) 996-3100 Clovis,CA 93611 Facsimile : (916) 789-7557 and/or 16 863 Tennessee Avenue North, Attorneyfor Plaintiff,Voyager Restaurant Group, Inc. Parsons, TN 38363 17 Telephone: Unknown 18 Facsimile: Unknown Email: foxoilgas@vyahoo.com 19 In Pro Per 20 Icertifyand declare under penalty ofperjury under thelaws of th of Califo 21 trueand correct. Executed on March 16,2020, at Stockton,California. 23 NANGHC. MEZ@UAY CZ 24 25 26 27 28 a 3 PROOF OF SERVICE EXHIBIT A | i DENAE BILDEBRAND BUDDE (SBN 166980) Superior Court.ofCalif PO county of Placar os LESLIE-A. BAXTER (SBN 148195) BUDDE LAW GROUP, SEP 20 2018 A Professional aw Corporation 500 Yynacio Valley Road, Suite 320 ke Chatters & Walnut Creeh, CA 94596 exncutive Officer& Ct Tel: 925-939-9880 By: A. MoMahon, D ee Fax: 925-939-9915 AN Attorneys forPlaintiff,Defendant, Cross-Defyndant Parmar, LLC, a CaliforniaLimited LiabilityCompuny ST | SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF PLACER PARMAR, 1A.C,.2 Californialimited liability Consolidated sompany Case No.: SCV0039888 Plaintiff, [ERE )| ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, LLC'S MOTION FOR ¥, - SUMMARY JUDGMENT VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 8 Date: September 20, 2018 California Corporation,and DOES |through Time: 8:30 a.m, 15, inclusive Dept.;32 Defendants. mee meee aa wcceeee AND RELATED CROSS-COMPLAINT VOYAGER RESTAURANT GROUP, INC., 2 California Corporation, Plaintiff, \. HPARMAR LLC, a Californialimited lability company, PARNEET PARMAR, PAUL SINGH, and DOES ONE through FIFTY, inclusive, Defendants. Wit Lay {ROP i [ioucaaeagien) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, i LLCSMOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Upon review of thedocuments submitied and argument rendered atthe hearingof this matter,the Court hereby grants theMotion for Summary Judgment, or inthe alternative, Motion for Summary Adjudication (the"Motion"),brought by plaintiffParmar, LLC, The Court adopts ; itstentativerulingand orders asfollows: Ruling.on Request forJudicia}Notice Parmar LLC's requestforjudicialnoticeisgrantedunder Evidence Cade section452, Ruling.on Objections Parmar L.1.C'sobjectionsnos,2,3,5, 7-11,14-16, 18-23,27-30 are susmined. Objections nus. 1,4,6,12, 13,17, 24-26,41, 32are overruled. Ruling onMotion The motion isgranted initsentirety, ‘Thetrial courtshallgrant amotion forsummary judgment the if “all paperssubmitted show thatthereisno triableissueasto any materialfactand th moving partyisentitledtoa judgment asa matterof law.”(Code of CivilProcedure section , 437¢(c).)] A partyto theaction may also move fursummary adjudication party if that contends there isnomerit) toone or more of thecausus ofaction,(Code Procedure of Civil section437c(f)(1).) However, @ motion forsummary adjudication only shall be grantedwhere it completelydisposesof acause of action.(/bid.)Inreviewing a motion forsummary judgment, the court trial must view thesupporting evidence,and inferences reasonablydrawn from such evidence,inthe lightmost favorabletothe opposing purty.(Aguilar v.Adunte Company Richfield (2001) 25 Cal.4th826, 843.) Parmar £.1-Chas submited evidence sufficient tonegate theclements for theclaims within Voyager's amended first cross-complaint andostablishtheelements forthe claimswithin its operativecomplaint. ‘Thesubmittedevidence shows thatVoyxger and Sonora Petroleum enteredinto 2 leaseagreement on September |,2011.(Parmar L).C°s SSUUMF No, |.)The leaseagreement went intoeffecton August 31, 2011. at (Id. Nos, 2,3.) Paragraph 43 oftheagreement states the that lease agreement becomes nul]and void terms if the uf theagreement are nolcommenced withintwo years of theeffectivedate.(Id.atNu. 4.)No amendments written to tholeaseagreement wore executedby $Y theparties at (Id; Nos. 11,12.) Voyager executed of a declaration leasecommenvement afterthe iAW ROP two-year period,(Jd.atNo. 5.) Voyager alsothiledtomake monthly rentpayments orthesecurity 2 RUSTED) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, LLCS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT | depositas requiredunder theleaseagreement,(Id.at Nos.6-10.)Voyager recorded a Memorandum tw of Leasean July 21,2014, afterthetwo-yearcommencement periodon theleaseagreement and Without enteringintoan agreementwith SonicAmerica’s Drive-in tooperatesuch a restaurant, (Id. atNos, 13-15.) This evidenceissuffigient tomeet Parmar LLC's initial burden, shiftingtheburden to Voyager todstablishatriableissueofmaterialfact.Voyager has failed to submit sufficiont od evidence toraisea triable issueof material fact,SinceVoyager has failedtumeet itsburden,the motion isgranted asto Parmar LLC’s operativecomplaintand Voyager's operativecross-complaint. TT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: September 27 » 2018 JUDGE OP TIKE SUPERIOR COURT es —————— BeNDE 4M ROLY (pizapaRS) ORDER GRANTING PARMAR, ones LLC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY SUBGMENT