Henley Finance, Ltd. v. Goyette & Assoc., Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HENLEY FINANCE, LTD., No. 2:20-cv-01834-DJC-KJN 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT v. 13 GOYETTE & ASSOCIATES, INC., a California corporation; BIOSCIENCE ENTERPRISES, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1 THROUGH 20, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 18 This case arises from a disputed loan transaction involving CBD products in 2019 between two companies: Plaintiff Henley Finances, Ltd. (“Henley”), which was founded by Richard Butler; and Defendant Bioscience Enterprises, Inc. (“Bioscience”), whose President and authorized agent is Richard Parker. This suit concerns a transaction involving money that was transferred from Henley to Bioscience, in which Bioscience’s lawyer, Paul Q. Goyette and his law firm (“Goyette”) was the intermediary. Regarding the claims against Goyette, Henley alleges that Goyette held the money in escrow, and that he breached several duties owed to Henley, including by disbursing the funds to his client,…