Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Bambi Gicana et al
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ORDER by Judge Ronald S.W. Lew: GRANTING 108 EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR ENLARGEMENT OF TIME TO FILE MOTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS FEES. The Court GRANTS GicanasApplication. The deadline for both parties to file motions for attorneys fees is July 13, 2018. (shb)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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12 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
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Plaintiff-in14
Interpleader,
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BAMBI GICANA; and ARACELI
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MALONEY,
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AND RELATED CROSS AND
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COUNTER CLAIMS
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CV 16-08317-RSWL-RAO
Order re: Ex Parte
Application for
Enlargement of Time
[108]
Currently before the Court is Defendant-in-
24 Interpleader Bambi Gicana’s (“Gicana”) Ex Parte
25 Application for Enlargement of Time (“Application”)
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Having reviewed all papers submitted pertaining
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I. DISCUSSION
Generally, a court may extend a deadline for good
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Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A).
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5 requests usually should “be granted in the absence of
6 bad faith or prejudice to the adverse party.”
7 Ahanchian v. Xenon Pictures, Inc., 624 F.3d 1253, 1259
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Here, the deadline to move for attorneys’ fees was
10 June 15, 2018 (i.e., fourteen days after the Court
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See C.D. Cal. R. 54-10.
12 On June 15, 2018, Gicana, through her Application, and
13 Defendant-in-Interpleader Araceli Maloney, through her
14 Opposition [110] to the Application, requested the
15 Court extend the deadline to July 13, 2018.
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16 parties presently are involved in an arbitration, which
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Due to the lack of bad faith or prejudice,
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II. CONCLUSION
Based on the foregoing, the Court GRANTS Gicana’s
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The deadline for both parties to file
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26 DATED: June 18, 2018
s/ RONALD S.W. LEW
HONORABLE RONALD S.W. LEW
Senior U.S. District Judge
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