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Order Granting Motion for Examination Of Case 13-62588-mgd Doc 90 Filed 03/14/14 Entered 03/14/14 16:30:05 Desc Main Document Page 1 of 4 IT IS ORDERED as set forth below: Date: March 14, 2014 _________________________________ Mary Grace Diehl U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge ______________________________________________________________ IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION IN RE: ) CASE NO. 13-62588-MGD ) TRADE AM INTERNATIONAL, INC., ) CHAPTER 7 ) Debtor. ) ) ORDER This Court having considered the Trustee’s Motion for Examination of and Document Production by Cratos CLO I Ltd and/or Cratos Capital Management, LLC n/k/a JMP Credit Advisors CLO I LTD by and Through Its Designated Representative [Doc. No. 89] (the “Motion”) filed by S. Gregory Hays, the Chapter 7 Trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Trade Am International, Inc. (the “Trustee”), seeking an order, pursuant to Rule 2004 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), authorizing the examination of and document production by the designated representative of Cratos CLO I Ltd and/or Cratos Capital Management, LLC n/k/a JMP Credit Advisors CLO I LTD (“Cratos”) and for good cause shown, it is hereby 6264315v1 Case 13-62588-mgd Doc 90 Filed 03/14/14 Entered 03/14/14 16:30:05 Desc Main Document Page 2 of 4 ORDERED that, pursuant to Rule 2004(b) of the Bankruptcy Rules, the Motion is GRANTED to permit the examination and document production requested in the Motion at a mutually agreed time and place; and it is further ORDERED that if attendance at the requested examination or production of the requested documents cannot be obtained voluntarily, Trustee may compel attendance at an examination or production of the requested documents as set forth in Rule 2004(c) of the Bankruptcy Rules; and it is further ORDERED that Trustee is hereby authorized to pay witness fees and mileage in connection with the service of any subpoena, a reasonable court reporting fee and any other actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the Examination. [END OF DOCUMENT] PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY: ARNALL GOLDEN GREGORY LLP /s/ Sean C. Kulka Sean C. Kulka Ga Bar No. 648919 171 17th Street, N.W. Suite 2100 Atlanta, GA 30363-1031 Phone (404) 873-8682 Fax (404) 873-8683 [email protected] Attorneys for Chapter 7 Trustee 6264315v1 Case 13-62588-mgd Doc 90 Filed 03/14/14 Entered 03/14/14 16:30:05 Desc Main Document Page 3 of 4 DISTRIBUTION LIST Neil C. Gordon Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch 171 17th Street, NW c/o Andrew N. Capezzuto Suite 2100 Greenberg Traurig, LLP Atlanta, GA 30363 3333 Piedmont Road NE Terminus 200, Suite 2500 R. Jeneane Treace Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Office of the United States Trustee 362 Richard B. Russell Building Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch 75 Spring Street, S.W. c/o John D. Elrod Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3333 Piedmont Road NE S. Gregory Hays Terminus 200, Suite 2500 Chapter 7 Trustee Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Hays Financial Consulting Suite 200 Trade AM International, Inc. 3343 Peachtree Street, NE 3579 Castlegate Drive, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30325-1420 Atlanta, Georgia 30327 William L. Rothschild Emdee International, Inc. Ogier, Rothschild & Rosenfeld, PC c/o Deepa Dharamup 170 Mitchell Street, SW 3595 Clearview Pkwy. Atlanta, Georgia 30303-4000 Atlanta, Georgia 30340 John M. McGovern IHE, Inc. McGovern Law Firm c/o Sharad Mittel 7000 Miller Court East 2522 Bentley Ridge Drive Norcross, Georgia 30071 San Jose, California 95138 AmericasMart Real Estate, LLC Tianjin Longxing (Group) Ltd. c/o Neal G. Patton, Esq. c/o Po Chu 240 Peachtree St., NW Suite 2200 33-00 Northern Boulevard Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Long Island, New York 11101 6264315v1 Case 13-62588-mgd Doc 90 Filed 03/14/14 Entered 03/14/14 16:30:05 Desc Main Document Page 4 of 4 LIT/Hodges Industrial Trust Gainesville, GA 30503 c/o Matthew R. Brooks Troutman Sanders LLP J. Douglas Stewart Bank of America Plaza Stewart Melvin & Frost, LLP 600 Peachtree Street, NE Post Office Box 3280 Suite 5200 Gainesville, GA 30503 Atlanta, GA 30308-2216 G. Frank Nason, IV Wayne M. Greenwald Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis, & Nason 26th Floor 475 Park Avenue Suite 550 New York, NY 10016 3343 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30326 Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch c/o Michael J. King Christopher D. Phillips Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lamberth, Cifelli, Stokes, Ellis, & Nason 3333 Piedmont Road NE Suite 550 Terminus 200, Suite 2500 3343 Peachtree Road, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30305 Atlanta, GA 30326 Jupiter IL, LLC William Russell Patterson c/o William R. Joiner Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson, & Gray Mitchell and Shapiro, LLP 2400 International Tower One Securities Center – Suite 650 229 Peachtree Street, NE 3490 Piedmont Road Atlanta, GA 30303-1629 Atlanta, GA 30305 Edwin K. Palmer Lydia J. Sartain P.O. Box 1284 Stewart Melvin & Frost, LLP Decatur, GA 30031 Post Office Box 3280 Jeremy Phipps Director-JMP Credit 3440 Preston Ridge Rd., Suite 350 Alpharetta, GA 30005 6264315v1 .
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