Genesis Specialty Tile & Accessories, LLC et al v. Amerus Life Insurance Company of Iowa et al

Filing 49

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on 3/15/2012 ORDERING the Status Conference RESET for 5/29/2012 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 4 (LKK) before Judge Lawrence K. Karlton. Status reports due 14 days prior to status conference. (Donati, J)

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KURT A. KAPPES, SBN 146384
STEPHEN E. PAFFRATH, SBN 195932
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
1201 K Street, Suite 1100
Sacramento, CA 95814-3938
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
ENRIQUE D. ARANA (pro hac vice)
TODD M. FULLER (pro hac vice)
JORDEN BURT LLP
777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 500
Miami, Florida 33131
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: (305) 372-992
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY
Complete List of Parties Represented and
Counsel on Signature Page

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Plaintiff,
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AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
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IOWA; AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY
COMPANY f/k/a/ AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE )
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COMPANY, a corporation, RAYMOND F.
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OLMO, an individual; R.F. OLMO &
ASSOCIATES, INC., a corporation; MARSHALL )
KATZMAN, an individual; UNITED FINANCIAL )
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GROUP, LTD, a corporation; DAVID
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ZUCCOLOTTO; and DOES 1 through 100,
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inclusive
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Defendants.
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GENESIS SPECIALTY TILE & ACCESSORIES,
LLC; ELEFTHERIOS EFSTRATIS;
ELEFTHERIOS D. EFSTRATIS; PATRICIA E.
EFSTRATIS; JESSICA N. EFSTRATIS;
THOMAS A. JOHNSON; NORA E. RUNDELL,

CASE NO. 2:11-cv-02489-LKK-DAD
THE PARTIES’ JOINT STATUS REPORT
AND STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO
CONTINUE STATUS (PRETRIAL
SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; ORDER
Hearing: March 19, 2012
Time:
1:30 p.m.
Ctrm:
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Case No. 2:11-cv-02489-LKK-DAD

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE OF
INITIAL STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Plaintiffs Genesis Specialty Tile & Accessories, LLC, Eleftherios Efstratis, Eleftherios D.

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Efstratis, Patricia E. Efstratis, Jessica N. Efstratis, Thomas A. Johnson, and Nora E. Rundell

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(“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Amerus Life Insurance Company, Aviva Life and Annuity Company,

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Raymond F. Olmo, RF Olmo & Associates, Inc., Marshall Katzman, and David Zuccolotto

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(“Defendants”) hereby submit the following as their joint status report pursuant to the Court’s Order of

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February 15, 2012, and stipulate as set forth below:

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At the time this matter was conditionally transferred by the United States Judicial Panel

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on Multidistrict Litigation, Plaintiffs had pending a Motion to Remand the matter to the state court. The

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Motion to Remand was fully briefed except for Plaintiffs’ reply to the Defendants’ opposition. Also

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pending at the time the matter was transferred were Motions to Dismiss filed by several of the

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Defendants. However, by stipulated order further briefing on the motions to dismiss was continued until

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after the Court had decided Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand.

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Plaintiffs have noticed their Motion to Remand for hearing on March 26, 2012.

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The resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand may moot the need for a Status (Pretrial

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Scheduling) Conference, and any further briefing in this court on the Motions to Dismiss. Consequently,

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the Parties request that the March 19, 2012 Status Conference be taken off the Court’s calendar, to be set

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for a new date, to be determined by the Court, if necessary, after a decision on Plaintiff’s Motion To

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Remand.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED
Respectfully submitted,

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Dated: March 5, 2012

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

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By: /s/ Stephen E. Paffrath
Kurt A. Kappes
Stephen E. Paffrath
Attorneys for Defendants
AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY

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Case No. 2:11-cv-02489-LKK-DAD

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE OF
INITIAL STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Dated: March 5, 2012

KLINEDINST PC

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By: /s/ Connie M. Anderson___
Connie M. Anderson
Reina G. Minoya
Attorneys for Defendant
MARSHALL KATZMAN

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Dated: March 5, 2012

WINGET SPADAFORA &
SCHWARTBERG, LLP

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By: /s/ David Maurer________
Brandon S. Reif
David Maurer
Attorneys for Defendants
RAYMOND F. OLMO & RF OLMO &
ASSOCIATES

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Dated: March 5, 2012

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By: /s/ Barbara J. Mandell___
Barbara J. Mandell
Lyndon H. Hong
Attorneys for Defendant
DAVID ZUCCOLOTTO

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MANDELL & ASSOCIATES, PC

Dated: March 5, 2012

GUY KORNBLUM & ASSOCIATES

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By: /s/ Walter Crump_________
Walter Crump
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
ELEFTHERIOS EFSTRATIS, ELEFTHERIOS
D. EFSTRATIS, PATRICIA E. EFSTRATIS,
JESSICA N. EFSTRATIS, THOMAS A.
JOHNSON, AND NORA E. RUNDELL

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Case No. 2:11-cv-02489-LKK-DAD

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE OF
INITIAL STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER

ORDER

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In light of the parties’ above stipulation and good cause appearing therefore, the Status

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Conference set for March 19, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. in courtroom #4 is hereby continued to May 29, 2012 at

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2:30 p.m. The parties shall file their status reports fourteen (14) days prior to the status conference.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: March 15, 2012

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Case No. 2:11-cv-02489-LKK-DAD

JOINT STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION AND REQUEST TO CONTINUE OF
INITIAL STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) CONFERENCE; [PROPOSED] ORDER