EXHIBIT 99.2

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                      IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA
                             CEDAR RAPIDS DIVISION

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,         )
                                  )
         Plaintiff,               )
                                  )
         v.                       )         Case No. 08-CIV-151-LRR
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BERTHEL SBIC, LLC                 )
                                  )
         Defendant,               )
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                MOTION OF THE U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
       AS RECEIVER FOR BERTHEL SBIC, LLC FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER APPROVING
         AND CONFIRMING THE FIRST RECEIVER'S REPORT FOR THE PERIOD FROM
                   JANUARY 7, 2009 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2009

     Comes now the United States Small Business Administration ("SBA"),
appointed as Receiver ("Receiver") for Berthel SBIC, LLC ("Berthel"), by order
of this Court, entered January 7, 2009, and hereby moves this Court for the
entry of an Order Approving and Confirming the First Receiver's Report for the
Period beginning January 7, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009 (the "First
Receiver's Report'). The First Receiver's Report is annexed hereto as Exhibit A.
A Memorandum of Law in support of this Moton is being filed simultaneously
herewith.

     For the reasons more specifically addressed in the accompanying Memorandum
of Law, the Receiver respectfully requests that this Court grant this Motion and
approve and confirm the First Receivers Report, and the acts and transactions
and receipts and disbursements reported therein.




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                              Respectfully submitted,
                              STEPHANIE M. ROSE
                              UNITED STATES ATTORNEY



Dated: 02/26/2010             By:  /s/  Lawrence D. Kudej
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                                        LAWRENCE D. KUDEJ
                                        Assistant United States Attorney
                                        401 1St Street SE, Suite 400
                                        Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401-1825
                                        Telephone No,: (319)363-6333
                                        Fax No,: (319)363-1990
                                        Larry.Kudej@usdoj.gov


Dated: 02/26/2010             By:  /s/  Lawrence D. Kudej for
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                                        ARLENE P. MESSINGER
                                        Assistant General Counsel for SBIC
                                        Enforcement
                                        U.S. Small Business Administration
                                        Office of General Counsel
                                        409 Third Street, SW.. 7th Floor
                                        Washington, D.C. 20416
                                        Telephone No,: (202) 205-6857
                                        Fax No,: (202) 481-0325


                                        Attorneys for U.S. Small Business
                                        Administration as Receiver for Berthel
                                        SBIC, LLC

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                             CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
                             ----------------------

     I HEREBY CERTIFY that service of the foregoing Motion of the U.S. Small
Business Administration, as Receiver for Berthel SBIC, LLC, for Entry of an
Order Approving and Confirming the First Receiver's Report For The Period From
January 7, 2009 Through December 31, 2009, Memorandum of Law in Support of
Receiver's Motion, and proposed Order, has been made this 26th day of February
2010, by mailing a copy thereof by first class mail, postage prepaid to:


Berthel Fisher & Co. Planning
701 Tama Street, Building B
Marion, Iowa 52302-0609
Attn:    Thomas J. Berthel

Berthel Growth and Income Trust I
701 Tama Street, Building B
Marion, Iowa 52302-0609
Attn:    Thomas J. Berthel



/s/  Julie A. Leeper
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     JULIE A. LEEPER, LEGAL ASSISTANT
     UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE


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