BOKF, N.A. v. Gordon Jensen Health Care Association, Inc.

CourtDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama
DecidedMarch 15, 2021
Docket1:21-cv-00031
StatusUnknown

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Bluebook
BOKF, N.A. v. Gordon Jensen Health Care Association, Inc., (S.D. Ala. 2021).

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION

BOKF, N.A., as Indenture Trustee, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Civil Action No. 21-00031-KD-B ) GORDON JENSEN HEALTH CARE ) ASSOCIATION, INC.; KNOLLWOOD ) NH, LLC; CONQUEST HEALTH ) SYSTEMS, LLC; MARSH POINTE ) MANAGEMENT, LLC; AND MEDICAL ) CLINIC BOARD OF THE CITY OF ) MOBILE (SECOND); ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER This action is before the Court on the Emergency Motion for the Entry of an Order: (I) Appointing a Receiver, (II) Granting Certain Injunctive Relief, and (III) Approving Receiver Financing and Memorandum of Law in Support filed by BOKF, N.A. as Indenture Trustee (docs. 3, 4); Brief in opposition to Appointment of Receiver Injunctive Relief and Receiver Financing filed by Defendants Gordon Jensen Health Care Association Inc., Knollwood NH LLC, Conquest Health Systems LLC, and Marsh Pointe Management LLC1 (doc. 24); Defendants’2 Post-Hearing Brief in Support of Appointment of Examiner (doc. 36); Defendants’ Post-Hearing

1 With the exception of Medical Clinic Board of the City of Mobile (Second), the parties filed a Joint Motion to Determine Subject Matter Jurisdiction (doc. 23). The motion was heard February 10, 2021. For reasons stated on the record, the Motion was granted and the dispensable, non-diverse Defendant Marsh Pointe Management, LLC was dismissed. 2 “Defendants” do not include the Medical Clinic Board. Counsel for the Board appeared at the hearing but the Board did not participate. Brief in Opposition to Appointment of Receiver, Injunctive Relief, and Receiver Financing (doc. 39); and BOKF’s Response to Defendants’ Post-Hearing Brief in Support of Appointment of Examiner (doc. 40). A hearing on the Motion was held February 10, 11, and 12, 2021. Upon consideration of the arguments and evidence presented, the Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

A. Jurisdiction In January 2021, BOKF as the Indenture Trustee, filed a Verified Complaint claiming Breach of Bond Documents and Money Judgment (Count One), Appointment of Receiver (Count Two), Injunctive Relief (Count Three) and Accounting (Count Four) (doc. 1). The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over this action. BOKF is a national bank headquartered in Oklahoma, therefore a citizen of Oklahoma, and diverse in citizenship from all defendants. The amount in controversy exceeds $75,000, exclusive of interest and costs. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Defendant Gordon Jensen Health Care Association, Inc. (the “Lessee”) is a Michigan nonprofit corporation with its principal place of business in Georgia that leases a 71-unit skilled

nursing and 24-unit specialty care facility located in the City of Mobile, Alabama (the “Facility”). Defendant Knollwood NH, LLC (“Knollwood”) is a Georgia limited liability company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lessee, a citizen of Michigan and Georgia, and holds the operating license for the Facility. Defendant Conquest Health Systems, LLC (“Conquest”) is a Georgia limited liability company that has been engaged by Knollwood to perform certain operational management services for the Facility. Conquest’s sole member is Scott Hardin, an individual who is a citizen of Georgia. Defendant Medical Clinic Board of the City of Mobile (Second) (the “Issuer”) is a public body corporate and politic created and existing under the laws of the State of Alabama, with its principal place of business in Alabama. The Board is the record title holder of the Facility. B. Venue Venue is proper in this District. A substantial part of the events which give rise to the complaint occurred in Mobile County, Alabama in the Southern District of Alabama and the Facility at issue is located in Mobile County, Alabama. 28 U.S.C. § 1291(b)(2).

C. Factual background The Issuer (Medical Clinic Board) issued Gordon Jensen Health Care Association, Inc. Project Series 2012A and 2012B Bonds, in the aggregate principle amount of $8,610,000 (the “Bonds”) for the purpose of, inter alia, providing funds to purchase the Facility. The Issuer issued and sold the Bonds pursuant to the Trust Indenture (the “Indenture”), dated September 1, 2013, between the Issuer and the BOFK. The Facility was subsequently leased to Gordon Jensen, pursuant to the terms of a Lease Agreement (the “Lease Agreement”) dated September 1, 2013. The Lessee’s obligations under the Lease Agreement and the Bonds were secured by a

Mortgage and Security Deed (the “Mortgage”), by which the Issuer, and its successors and assigns, granted a first-priority security interest in, among other things, the following collateral (the “Collateral”) to BOKF: (a) the land on which the Facility was constructed;

(b) the Facility itself, as well as other improvements on the land;

(c) all furnishings, furniture, fixtures, machinery, appliances, vehicles, and personal property in any way connected with the use and enjoyment of the Facility; and

(d) all existing and future accounts, revenues, contract rights, all existing and future instruments, chattel paper and general intangibles of the Lessee and all proceeds therefrom, directly related to or arising from the Facility and/or its operation.

The Issuer assigned all its rights, title, and interests under the Lease Agreement, and any and all revenues pledged to satisfy repayment of the Bonds, to BOKF as Indenture Trustee under the Granting Clauses of the Indenture. D. Defaults under the terms of the Bond Documents Default arises from the failure to pay, when due and payable, required payments under the Lease Agreement. Pursuant to Section 6.1(a) of the Lease Agreement, the Lessee’s failure to

make payment when due is an Event of Default under the Lease Agreement. Additionally, pursuant to Section 901(d) of the Indenture, the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Lease Agreement also constitutes an Event of Default under the Indenture. Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 2.01 of the Mortgage as the Lessee has defaulted in its payment obligations and the Issuer has not paid the Lessee’s obligation. Specifically, in June 2017, BOKF notified the Lessee and the Holders of the Bonds of the Lessee’s failure to make payment when due, and the Lessee has failed to cure that default and has not made a further payment since April 2018. Also, on January 11, 2021, following failure of the Lessee to cure the defaults, and following the grant of relief from the automatic stay of section 362 of the United States Bankruptcy Code by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia,3 BOKF sent the Lessee and the Issuer a Notice of Acceleration and Demand for Payment under the Bond Documents, accelerating all payments owed by the Lessee under the Lease Agreement.

As of the filing of the Complaint in this case, the Lessee has failed to pay the amounts due under the Bond Documents and remains in default. As of January 6, 2021, the following amounts were owed by Lessee under the Bond Documents: Principal: $ 8,075,061.97 Interest: $ 1,796,832.29

3 Order, In re Gordon Jensen Health Care Association, Inc., Case No. 20-61915-BEM, Doc. 74 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. Dec. 17, 2020). Trustee’s Fees and Expenses: $ 241,673.39 Total Outstanding: $ 10,111,567.65

E. Appointment of a receiver “[F]ederal law governs the appointment of a receiver by a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction.” National Partnership Inv. Corp. v. National Housing Development Corp., 153 F.3d 1289, 1291-92 (11th Cir. 1998);4 Fed. R. Civ. P.

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