Phillips 66 Company v. California Pride, Inc., et al.

Filing 19

ORDER for Briefing. Order signed by Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto on 4/10/2017. (Timken, A)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 PHILLIPS 66 CO., 10 Plaintiff, 13 14 15 ORDER FOR BRIEFING (Doc. 18) 11 12 Case No. 1:16-cv-01102-LJO-SKO v. CALIFORNIA PRIDE, INC., et al., Defendants. _____________________________________/ 16 17 On April 4, 2017, Defendants Steven Coldren and Rebecca Coldren filed a Notice of 18 Automatic Stay Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362, in which these Defendants note that they “filed a 19 petition for relief under provisions of Chapter 7 of Title 11, . . . Case Number 17-11261,” thereby 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 staying this case against these Defendants pending the resolution of their bankruptcy proceedings. (Doc. 18 at 1.) However, as the third Defendant in this action―California Pride, Inc.―did not file for bankruptcy, see Case Number 17-11261, Doc. 1 (Bankr. E.D. Cal. Apr. 3, 2017), this action is not stayed against this entity Defendant, see, e.g., In re Chugach Forest Prods., Inc., 23 F.3d 241, 246 (9th Cir. 1994) (“As a general rule, the automatic stay of section 362(a) protects only the debtor, property of the debtor or property of the estate. . . . Thus, section 362(a) does not stay actions against guarantors, sureties, corporate affiliates, or other non-debtor parties liable on the debts of the debtor.” (citation omitted)). 1 As this matter is only stayed as to two of the three Defendants in this case, the Court finds 2 that the input of the parties is warranted on how this action should proceed. In particular, the 3 Court ORDERS that, by no later than April 24, 2017, Plaintiff shall file a brief addressing whether 4 the Court should rule on Plaintiff’s pending Motion for Default Judgment, (Doc. 15), as to only the 5 non-debtor Defendant―California Pride, Inc. The Court also DIRECTS Plaintiff to address in 6 this briefing whether ruling on the Motion for Default Judgment, (id.), as to only California Pride, 7 Inc. would be appropriate under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(b). Finally, the Court 8 ORDERS that all Defendants may file a response to Plaintiff’s briefing by no later than May 1, 9 2017. 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 Dated: 13 April 10, 2017 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 .

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