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BRYAN W. PEASE (SB# 239139) 302 Washington St. #404 San Diego, CA 92103 Telephone: (619) 723-0369 Facsimile: (619) 923-1001 email: [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff

5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SAMMY'S PRODUCE, INC., ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) HIERRO'S MARKET & CARNICERIA and ) ) EDUARDO HIERRO, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action, No.: 08 CV 0860 H POR DECLARATION OF YAN SKWARA IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WITHOUT NOTICE AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

Yan Skwara, being duly sworn, deposes and says: 1. I am the President and CEO of Sammy's Produce, Inc. and make this declaration

in support of an application for emergency relief pursuant to Rule 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 2. I am personally familiar with all matters which are the subject of this proceeding

and the facts set forth in this declaration are within my personal knowledge. If called upon as a witness, I would and could competently testify to all facts stated in this declaration. 3. Sammy's Produce, Inc. is a corporation with a principal place of business in San

Diego, California, which sells wholesale quantities of perishable agricultural commodities (hereafter "produce"). Sammy's Produce is a produce dealer subject to and licensed under the
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Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930, as amended, 7 U.S.C. § 499a et seq. (hereafter "PACA"). 4. a. Defendant, Hierro's Market & Carniceria, Inc. ("Hierro's Market") , is a

produce dealer as defined by 7 U.S.C. § 499a and operates subject to and is licensed under the PACA. b. Upon information or belief, Eduardo Hierro is and was responsible for the

day-to-day operations of Hierro's Market during the time in question and was in a position of control over the PACA trust assets belonging to Sammy's Produce. 5. The sales and accounts receivable records of Sammy's Produce, including

invoices and account statements, are made in the ordinary course of business and are made at or near the time of the occurrence of the event of which they are a record. These business records are made by me or under my direction and supervision by employees whose duty it is to prepare such documents. 6. Between June 8, 2007 and July 27, 2007 Sammy' s Produce sold and delivered to

defendants, in interstate commerce, various wholesale lots of produce worth $96,547.59, which remains unpaid. True and correct copies of the outstanding invoices are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and are herein incorporated by reference. 7. 10. Defendants accepted the produce received from Sammy's Produce. Sammy's Produce preserved its interest in the PACA trust in the amount of

$96,547.59 by timely delivering invoices to defendants, which contained the language Required under Section 5(c) of the PACA, 7 U.S.C. § 499ae(c). (See Exhibit 1 attached hereto). 11. Defendants are obligated to hold in trust all produce-related assets received from

the sale of produce in order to pay $96,547.59 to Sammy' s Produce. 12. Defendants have not disputed the debt in any way, and they have sent several

checks to plaintiff that were returned by the bank for insufficient funds, in direct violation of the trust provisions of the PACA. True and correct copies of these returned checks are attached as Exhibit 2 and herein incorporated by reference.

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