South Mill Mushroom, LLC v. V.I.P. Marketing, Inc.

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United States District Court Central District of California

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1111 SOUTH MILL MUSHROOM, LLC, Case No. 2:21-cv-07200-ODW (Ex)

1122 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S EX 1133 v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

1144 V.I.P. MARKETING, INC., et al., ORDER [12] AND MOTION FOR

1155 Defendants. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION [14]

1166 1177 I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 1188 On September 8, 2021, Plaintiff South Mill Mushroom, LLC (“South Mill”) 1199 initiated this lawsuit against Defendants V.I.P. Marketing, Inc. (“V.I.P.”); Christopher 2200 Martin; Jesse Martin; and Martin Produce, Inc. South Mill sells mushrooms, and it 2211 asserts a breach of contract claim for Defendants’ failure to pay a total of 2222 $494,079.65. 2233 Because this is a suit for interstate sale of produce, the Perishable Agricultural 2244 Commodities Act of 1930 (“PACA”) applies, and South Mill’s remaining seven 2255 claims arise under PACA. Under PACA, when a seller sells qualifying produce to a 2266 buyer, a trust…