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Exhibit 1 — Marshall v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC (Dkt. 112-1, E.D. Pa. No. 5:21-cv-04337)
Filed May 10, 2024 in Marshall v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC; one of 344 filings from this case.
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| Court | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
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| Filed | 2024-05-10 |
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG · Doc. 112-1 · 2024-05-10 · Docket on CourtListener
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EXHIBIT 1
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Marshall, et al., v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC
No. 5:21-cv-04337-JMG (E.D. Pa)
I.
STATUS OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS BY DEFENDANT PRESTAMOS CDFI, LLC ON PLAINTIFFS
A.
COMPLETED DISCOVERY
None.
B.
OUTSTANDING DISCOVERY
1.
Prestamos’s First Requests for Production (directed to each of the eleven (11) Marshall Plaintiffs)1
Summary of RFPs
(39):
Served: July 21, 2023
Nos.
Produced
232 Documents (133 on Oct. 31,
2023 and 99 on Feb. 2, 2024).
Outstanding
Plaintiffs produced no documents
responsive to 28 out of 39 RFPs.
Completed
No
Business documents
1 and 2
None.
Documents showing ownership of
businesses identified in loan
documents for all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents showing state, federal,
or local licenses, permits, or
certifications held by businesses of
all Plaintiffs.
No
Financial documents
17, 21,
22, 23,
24, 25,
None.
Documents showing financial
operations of businesses, including
profits and losses, balance sheets,
No
1 On July 21, 2023, Marshall Plaintiffs included: A. Marshall, D. Pronsky, P. Townsend, N. Holland, L. Owsley, K. Ahmadou, K.
Dervin, K. Henderson, D. Innis, K. Stalnaker, and J. Jones. See Marshall et al., v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC, No. 5:21-cv-04337, Second
Am. Compl., ECF No. 42.
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26, 27,
and 28
bank statements, etc., for all
Plaintiffs.
Documents relating to business
expenditures that served as basis of
all Plaintiffs’ PPP loan applications.
No
Documents relating to any loans,
cash advances, sales of accounts
receivable or other financial
products after submission of PPP
loan applications for all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents relating to the impact of
COVID-19 on the operations and
financial condition of all Plaintiffs’
businesses.
No
Tax returns (federal and
state)
3, 4, and
10
Partial tax returns for 1 Plaintiff.
Complete federal and state tax
returns for all Plaintiffs.
Partial
Plaintiffs’
communications
5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 12,
and 13
Communications with Prestamos,
SBA and other parties for 10
Plaintiffs.
Communications relating to PPP
loans for all Plaintiffs, and
confirmation by Plaintiffs all
responsive communications have
been produced.
Partial
Evidence of damages
31 and
34
None.
Documents relating to purported
damages caused by Prestamos for all
Plaintiffs.
No
Plaintiffs’ benefits
11
Communications for 1 Plaintiff
regarding receipt of benefits.
Documents showing unemployment,
disability, retirement, or worker’s
compensation for 10 of 11 Plaintiffs.
Partial
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Allegations of failure to
fund
29 and
30
None.
Documents relating to allegations
that Prestamos failed to fund PPP
loans for all 11 Plaintiffs.
No
Loan documents
14, 15,
16, 18,
and 19
Documents related to funding of
PPP loan for 5 of 11 Plaintiffs.
Documents relating to deposit of
PPP loan funds into designated
financial accounts for 6 of 11
Plaintiffs.
Partial
Documents relating to their
interpretation of the “Release of
Lender Paragraph” for all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents showing eligibility for
PPP loans and documents that were
submitted as part of the applications
for all Plaintiffs.
No
2.
Prestamos’s First Interrogatories (directed to each of the eleven (11) Marshall Plaintiffs)2
Summary of ROGs
(19):
Served: July 21, 2023
Nos.
Response
Responses and Objections: Aug. 28,
2023.
Outstanding
Plaintiffs have not verified
Responses.
Completed
No
Description of businesses
1, 2, 3, 4,
and 9
Description of 10 of 11 Plaintiffs’
businesses.
Identity of trade names, addresses,
and number of employees for
businesses of all 11 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Phone numbers, email addresses,
and social media information for 2
of 11 Plaintiff businesses.
Phone numbers, email addresses,
and social media information for 9
of 11 Plaintiff businesses.
Partial
Identified 3 Plaintiff businesses that
were not required to hold licenses.
Confirmation of the existence of
business licenses, permits, and
Partial
2 See Supra Note 1 for list of Plaintiffs.
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certificates for 8 of 11 Plaintiff
businesses.
Plaintiffs would respond pursuant to
Rule 33(d).
Amounts of business expenditures
for all 11 Plaintiffs.
No
Accounting of expenses, including
amounts to which each Plaintiff
would have applied PPP loan funds.
No
Identification of other
jobs
5
Identified full-time occupations for
2 Plaintiffs and would further
respond pursuant to Rule 33(d).
Identity of jobs held outside of
businesses underlying PPP loan
applications for 9 of 11 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Persons consulted
regarding PPP loan and
substance of
communications
6, 7, and
8
Plaintiffs are not aware of
responsive information or would
respond pursuant to Rule 33(d).
Confirmation Plaintiffs have no
information responsive to Requests
for identity of Persons Plaintiffs
communicated with regarding PPP
loan applications, documents, or
their interpretation of the “Release
of Lender Paragraph.”
No
Identification of financial
accounts
10
Plaintiffs identified bank accounts
for 3 Plaintiffs and would further
respond pursuant to Rule 33(d).
Identity of financial institutions
maintained by 8 of 11 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Information related to
PPP application and
funding (11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16)
11, 12,
13, 14,
15, and
16
Identified financial institutions
designated by 3 Plaintiffs for the
disbursement of PPP loan funds and
would respond pursuant to Rule
33(d).
Identity of financial institutions
designated by 8 of 11 Plaintiffs for
the disbursement of PPP loan funds.
Partial
Limited descriptions of discussions
regarding PPP loans and that
Plaintiffs are not otherwise aware of
other responsive information.
Confirmation that Plaintiffs have no
information responsive to Request
for efforts to modify method of loan
funding, or had any
communications regarding the
same.
Partial
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Identification of damages
17
Plaintiffs are not aware of
responsive information.
Confirmation Plaintiffs have no
responsive information to Request
for amount of damages each
Plaintiff attributes to Prestamos.
No
Identification of funding
efforts
18
Detailed 1 Plaintiff’s funding efforts
and that 4 other Plaintiffs made no
attempt. Plaintiffs would further
respond pursuant to Rule 33(d).
Confirmation Plaintiffs have no
responsive information to Request
for description of loans, cash
advances, financial arrangements,
etc., 6 of 11 Plaintiffs obtained or
attempted to obtain.
Partial
Identification of benefits
19
Identified, generally, that 2 Plaintiffs
received Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance from their respective
state.
Identification of benefits received
by all Plaintiffs including amounts,
duration, and reasons.
Partial
3.
Prestamos’s First Requests for Production (directed to each of the seven (7) Drevnak Plaintiffs)3
Summary of
RFPs (39):
Served: Dec. 29, 2023
Nos.
Produced
Plaintiffs have produced no
documents.
Outstanding
All responsive documents are
outstanding.
Completed
No
Business documents
None.
Documents showing ownership of
businesses identified in loan
documents by all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents showing state, federal,
or local, licenses, permits, or
certifications held by businesses of
all Plaintiffs.
No
3 On December 29, 2023, Drevnak Plaintiffs included: G. Drevnak, J. Martin, K. Loyd, E. Beattie, G. Lloyd, A. Johnson, and L.
Marvel. See Drevnak, et al. v. Prestamos CDFI, LLC, No. 5:23-cv-2777, Compl., ECF No. 1.
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Financial documents
None.
Documents showing financial
operations of business, including
profits and losses, balance sheets,
bank statements, etc., for all
Plaintiffs.
No
Documents relating to business
expenditures that served as basis of
all Plaintiffs’ PPP loan applications.
No
Documents relating to any loans,
cash advances, sales of accounts
receivable or other financial
products after submission of PPP
loan applications for all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents relating to the impact of
COVID-19 on the operations and
financial condition of all Plaintiffs’
businesses.
No
Tax returns (federal
and state)
None.
Complete federal and state tax
returns for all Plaintiffs.
No
Plaintiffs’
communications
None.
All Plaintiffs’ communications
relating to PPP loans and
confirmation by Plaintiffs all
responsive communications have
been produced.
No
Evidence of damages
None.
Documents relating to purported
damages caused by Prestamos for
all Plaintiffs.
No
Plaintiffs’ benefits
None.
Documents showing
unemployment, disability,
retirement, or worker’s
compensation received for all
Plaintiffs.
No
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Allegations of failure
to fund
None.
Documents relating to allegations
that Prestamos failed to fund PPP
loans for all Plaintiffs.
No
Loan documents
14, 15, 16,
18, and 19
None.
Documents relating to deposit of
PPP loan funds into designated
financial accounts for 6 of 11
Plaintiffs.
No
Documents relating to their
interpretation of the “Release of
Lender Paragraph” for all Plaintiffs.
No
Documents showing eligibility for
PPP loans and that all documents
were submitted as part of the
applications for all Plaintiffs
No
4.
Prestamos’s First Interrogatories (directed to each of the seven (7) Drevnak Plaintiffs)4
Summary of ROGs
(19):
Served: Dec 29, 2023
Nos.
Response
Response and Objections: Feb. 8,
2024.
Outstanding
Plaintiffs have not verified
Responses.
Completed
No
Description of businesses
1, 2, 3, 4,
and 9
Description of 6 of 6 Plaintiff
businesses.
Identity of trade names and
addresses for 3 of 6 Plaintiff
businesses.
Partial
Identified 2 Plaintiff businesses that
were not required to hold licenses.
Confirmation of the existence of
business licenses, permits, or
certificates for 5 of 6 Plaintiff
businesses.
Partial
4 See Supra Note 3 for list of Plaintiffs.
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Phone numbers, email addresses,
and social media information for 2
of 6 Plaintiff businesses.
Phone numbers, email addresses,
and social media information for 4
of 6 Plaintiff businesses.
Partial
Identified one expense for 1 of 6
Plaintiffs.
Amounts of business expenditures
for 5 of 6 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Accounting of expenses, including
amounts to which each Plaintiff
would have applied PPP loan funds.
No
Identification of other
jobs
5
Identified full-time occupation for 1
Plaintiff.
Identity of jobs held outside of
businesses underlying PPP loan
applications for 5 of 6 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Persons consulted
regarding PPP loan and
substance of
communications
6, 7, and
8
Identified the communications of 2
Plaintiffs and would further respond
pursuant to Rule 33(d).
Communications and identities of
Persons 4 of 6 Plaintiffs consulted
regarding PPP loan applications,
documents, or their interpretation of
the “Release of Lender Paragraph.”
Partial
Identification of financial
accounts
10
Identified financial institutions for 2
Plaintiffs (name only).
Identity of financial institutions and
account information maintained by
6 of 6 Plaintiffs.
Partial
Information related to
PPP application and
funding (11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16)
11, 12,
13, 14,
15, and
16
Identified financial institutions
designated by 3 Plaintiffs for the
disbursement of PPP loan funds.
Identity of financial institutions
designated by 8 of 11 Plaintiffs for
the disbursement of PPP loan funds.
Partial
Limited descriptions of discussions
regarding PPP loans and that
Plaintiffs are not otherwise aware of
other responsive information.
Confirmation that Plaintiffs have no
information responsive to Request
for efforts to modify method of loan
funding, or had any
communications regarding the
same.
Partial
Identification of damages
17
Plaintiffs are not otherwise aware of
responsive information.
Identity of category and dollar
amounts of all damages Plaintiffs
attribute to Prestamos.
No
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Identification of funding
efforts
18
Detailed 2 Plaintiffs funding efforts.
Description of loans, cash advances,
financial arrangements, etc., for 4 of
6 Plaintiffs obtained or attempted to
obtain.
Partial
Identification of benefits
programs
19
Identified 1 Plaintiff that did not
receive benefits.
Identification of benefits received
by 5 of 6 Plaintiffs including
amounts, duration, and reasons.
Partial
5.
Prestamos’s Second Requests for Production (directed to each of the seven (18) Marshall and Drevnak
Plaintiffs)
Summary of RFPs
(4):
Served: Apr. 9, 2024
Nos.
Produced
Response and Objections: May 9,
2024.
Outstanding
All responsive documents are
outstanding.
Completed
No
Communications with
Government Agency
1
None.
Documents and communications
with any Government Agency
regarding alleged wrongdoing by
Prestamos for all Plaintiffs.
No
Meetings or Discussion
with Government
Agency
2
None.
Documents and communications
concerning meetings or discussions
with any Government Agency
relating to alleged wrongdoing by
Prestamos for all Plaintiffs.
No
Document relied on in
2nd Set of ROGs
3
None.
Documents reviewed or relied upon
in completing Second Set of
Interrogatories for all Plaintiffs.
No
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Engagement Letters
4
None.
Engagement letters with Bailey &
Glasser LLP or Nolan Heller
Kauffman LLP by all Plaintiffs.
No
6.
Prestamos’s Second Interrogatories (directed to each of the seven (18) Marshall and Drevnak Plaintiffs)
Summary of ROGs
(2):
Served: Apr. 9, 2024
Nos.
Response
Response and Objections: May 9,
2024.
Outstanding
Plaintiffs have not verified
Responses.
Completed
No
Government Agency
1
Certain Plaintiffs have
communicated with SBA and those
discussions have been produced.
Description of any reports to, or
discussions with, Government
Agencies regarding alleged
wrongdoing by Prestamos for all
Plaintiffs.
No
Engagement
2
No Plaintiff has engaged legal
counsel in connection with other
matters that relate to Prestamos or
PPP lending.
None.
Yes
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C.
ANTICIPATED DISCOVERY
1.
Prestamos’s Depositions of Plaintiffs (directed to each of the 21 Marshall Plaintiffs)
Summary of ROGs
(2):
Served: May 3, 2024
Response
Plaintiffs have not responded.
Outstanding
Not applicable.
Completed
No
Plaintiffs Noticed for
Depositions
None
Plaintiffs have been noticed for depositions
beginning on May 28, 2024 and continuing
through June 24, 2024.
No
II.
STATUS OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS BY DEFENDANT PRESTAMOS CDFI, LLC ON THIRD PARTIES
Ba Fin, PPP, LLC d/b/a Blueacorn
Evolve Bank & Trust
Dave Inc.
Plaintiffs’ Financial Institutions
A.
COMPLETED DISCOVERY
None.
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B.
OUTSTANDING DISCOVERY
1.
Prestamos’s Third-Party Subpoena to Produce Documents (directed to BA Fin, PPP, LLC d/b/a Blueacorn)
Summary of
Document Requests
(15):
Served: Feb. 20, 2024
Nos.
Response
Responses and Objections: Mar. 19,
2024
Outstanding
All responsive documents are
outstanding.
Completed
No
On Apr. 10, 2024, the parties met and conferred. Blueacorn agreed to reconsider some of its objections and to produce responsive
documents. On May 9, 2024, Prestamos served Blueacorn with a subpoena to compel its appearance at the May 23, 2024 hearing.
Blueacorn advised it was continuing to process responsive documents.
PPP documents
1, 2, 3,
and 4
Blueacorn agreed to produce
communications regarding loans
Plaintiffs claim were not funded.
Documents concerning PPP-related
Communications with Blueacorn,
Prestamos, the SBA, other entities,
or Borrowers, and all Plaintiffs.
No
Borrower documents
5, 6, and
13
Blueacorn agreed to produce
documents and communications
regarding loans Plaintiffs claim
were not funded.
Documents relating to modification
of the PPP loan funding method.
No
Documents concerning PPP
applications and any subsequent
submissions by Plaintiffs.5
No
Documents relating to Blueacorn’s
intake process and employee
training.
No
Audit documents
9 and 10
Blueacorn stated it will not produce
documents responsive to these
Requests.
Documents reflecting agreements
with external auditors concerning
Blueacorn’s participation in the PPP
loan program.
No
5 These Plaintiffs include: A. Marshall, D. Pronsky, P. Townsend, N. Holland, L. Owsley, K. Ahmadou, K. Dervin, K. Henderson, D.
Innis, K. Stalnaker, J. Jones, G. Drevnak, J. Martin, K. Loyd, E. Beattie, G. Lloyd, A. Johnson, L. Marvel.
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Reports, summaries, and findings
from internal or external auditors
concerning Blueacorn’s participation
in the PPP loan program.
No
Organizational
documents
7, 8, and
11
Blueacorn agreed to produce
documents regarding its corporate
structure and marketing efforts.
Documents relating to Blueacorn’s
corporate structure.
No
Documents reflecting Blueacorn
officers, directors or employees with
knowledge relating to borrowers’
PPP loans
No
Documents reflecting Blueacorn’s
marketing efforts borrowers that
Blueacorn referred to Prestamos.
No
Loan documents
12, 14,
and 15
Blueacorn agreed to produce
documents reflecting its
underwriting procedures and
documents concerning Plaintiffs’
loans.
Documents relating to Blueacorn’s
process for reviewing borrowers’
qualifications for underwriting
purposes.
No
Documents relating to the servicing
of loans referred to Prestamos.
No
Documents relating to the
fulfillment of loans referred to
Prestamos.
No
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2.
Prestamos’s Third-Party Subpoena to Produce Documents (directed to Evolve Bank & Trust)
Summary of
Document Requests
(2)
Served: Feb. 20, 2024
Nos.
Response
43 Documents (39 on Mar. 22, 2024
and 5 on Apr. 24, 2024)
Outstanding
Transaction information for 13
Plaintiffs.
Completed
No
Evolve Bank & Trust (“Evolve”) did not object to the production of documents responsive to Prestamos’s Requests. On May 9,
2024, Prestamos served Evolve with a subpoena to compel its appearance at the May 23, 2024 hearing.
ACH Return Codes
documents
1
Produced 7 excel spreadsheets
containing Prestamos ACH PPP
loan funding transactions processed
by Evolve and returned.
None
Yes
Named-Plaintiffs
documents6
2
Produced detailed PPP loan
transaction information for 5
Plaintiffs.7
PPP loan transaction information
potentially available for remaining
Plaintiffs requires disclosure of
highly confidential information
(SSN).
No
6 These Plaintiffs include: A. Marshall, D. Pronsky, P. Townsend, N. Holland, L. Owsley, K. Ahmadou, K. Dervin, K. Henderson, D.
Innis, K. Stalnaker, J. Jones, G. Drevnak, J. Martin, K. Loyd, E. Beattie, G. Lloyd, A. Johnson, L. Marvel.
7 These Plaintiffs include: A. Marshall, D. Innis, K. Dervin, L. Marvel, and L. Owsley.
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3.
Prestamos’s Third-Party Subpoena to Produce Documents (directed to Dave Inc.)
Summary of
Document Requests
(4)
Served: April 24, 2024
Nos.
Response
134 documents produced on May 9,
2024.
Outstanding
Complete deposit account
agreements for Plaintiffs.
Completed
No
Dave Inc. did not object to the production of documents responsive to Prestamos’s.
Account documents8
1, 2, and
3
Produced account statements/
transaction histories, including ACH
return codes; and correspondence
(email, transcripts of phone calls).
None
Yes
Policy documents
4
Produced account opening screens
and account agreements.
Policy documents relating to
account use.
No
8 These Plaintiffs include: A. Marshall, D. Innis, K. Dervin, L. Marvel, and L. Owsley.
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C.
ANTICIPATED DISCOVERY
1.
Prestamos’s Third-Party Subpoenas to Produce Documents (directed to Plaintiffs’ Financial Institutions)9
Summary of
Document Requests
(3)
Served: May 8, 2024
Nos.
Response
Parties have not responded.
Outstanding
All responsive documents are
outstanding.
Completed
No
Financial institution
documents
1
Documents relating to each
Plaintiffs’ account including bank
statements, loan applications, etc.
No
Returned funds
2
Documents reflecting rejected or
returned PPP loan funds for each
Plaintiffs’ account.
No
Plaintiffs’
communications
3
Communications between each
Plaintiff and their financial
institution regarding PPP funds.
No
9 The financial institutions include: JP Morgan Chase, Azlo Business, Inc., Bluebird, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Chime financial, Inc.,
TCF Bank National Bank, GO Bank, Public Service Credit Union, Green Dot. Corp., FirstBank, American First Federal Credit Union,
SoFi Securities LLC, The Bancorp, Metabank National Association, Radius Bank, BMO Harris Bank NA, EECU, Capital One, Bank
of America.
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