Wallis et al v. Centennial Insurance Company Inc et al

Filing 338

ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 02/17/16 ORDERING that plaintiff's 327 Motion to Stay the Enforcement of the Judgment is GRANTED; the 277 Amended Judgment is STAYED pending appeal. (Benson, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DALE M. WALLIS, D.V.M., JAMES
L. WALLIS, and HYGIEIA
BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES,
INC., a California
Corporation,

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ORDER APPROVING SUPERSEDEAS BOND
AND STAYING ENFORCEMENT OF
JUDGMENT

Plaintiffs,

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CIV. NO. 2:08-2558 WBS AC

v.
CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
INC., a New York corporation,
ATLANTIC MUTUAL INSURANCE,
CO., INC., a New York
corporation,

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Defendants.
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Plaintiffs move for approval a supersedeas bond in the

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amount of $108,747.00 they procured through International

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Fidelity Insurance Company and an order staying enforcement of

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the amended judgment pending appeal pursuant to Federal Rule of

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Civil Procedure 62(d).

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(Docket Nos. 327 and 332.)

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 62(d) provides that if
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an appeal is taken, the appellant may stay the enforcement of the

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judgment by posting a supersedeas bond approved by the district

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court.

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under Rule 62(d) “as a matter of right by posting a supersedeas

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bond acceptable to the court.”

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Co., 557 F.2d 179, 193 (9th Cir. 1977); see also ACLU of Nev. v.

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Masto, 670 F.3d 1046, 1066 (9th Cir. 2012).

Fed. R. Civ. P. 62(d).

An appellant may obtain a stay

In re Combined Metals Reduction

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Local Rule 151(d) provides that “a supersedeas bond

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shall be 125 percent of the amount of the judgment unless the

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Court otherwise orders.”

Plaintiffs’ supersedeas bond in the

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amount of $108,747.00 constitutes 125 percent of the $86,996.93

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amended judgment.

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opposition pursuant to Local Rule 230(c). (Docket No. 334.)

Defendants have filed a statement of non-

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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiffs’ motion to stay

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the enforcement of the judgment (Docket No. 327) be, and the same

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hereby is, GRANTED; and the amended judgment (Docket No. 277) is

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hereby STAYED pending appeal.

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Dated:

February 17, 2016

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