Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Bambi Gicana et al

Filing 112

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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1 2 O 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 12 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, 13 Plaintiff-in14 Interpleader, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) v. ) ) ) BAMBI GICANA; and ARACELI ) MALONEY, ) ) Defendants-in- ) Interpleader. ) ) ) ) AND RELATED CROSS AND ) COUNTER CLAIMS ) ) 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”) 26 [108]. Having reviewed all papers submitted pertaining 27 to this Application, the Court NOW FINDS AND RULES AS 28 FOLLOWS: the Court GRANTS Gicana’s Application. 1 1 2 I. DISCUSSION Generally, a court may extend a deadline for good 3 cause if the request is made before the original 4 deadline expires. Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b)(1)(A). Such 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 8 (9th Cir. 2010) (quotation omitted). 9 Here, the deadline to move for attorneys’ fees was 10 June 15, 2018 (i.e., fourteen days after the Court 11 entered its Judgment [104]). 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. Both 16 parties presently are involved in an arbitration, which 17 prevented them from complying with the original 18 deadline. Due to the lack of bad faith or prejudice, 19 the Court finds good cause for the extension. 20 21 II. CONCLUSION Based on the foregoing, the Court GRANTS Gicana’s 22 Application. The deadline for both parties to file 23 motions for attorneys’ fees is July 13, 2018. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 26 DATED: June 18, 2018 s/ RONALD S.W. LEW HONORABLE RONALD S.W. LEW Senior U.S. District Judge 27 28 2

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