Hackert v. Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company et al
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ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 1/29/18: Mr. Hackert and Mr. Leavitt to (1) file a status report regarding the status of their efforts to finalize the settlement agreement; and (2) SHOW CAUSE within fourteen days why each of them should not pay a $250 sanction for failing to heed this court's instruction. (Kaminski, H)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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JOHN B. HACKERT, M.D.,
Civ. No. 2:15-cv-01248-KJM-CKD PS
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Plaintiff,
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ORDER
v.
CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY; CIGNA
HEALTH CORPORATION; CIGNA
HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC.;
and DOES 1-10,
Defendants.
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CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY; CIGNA
HEALTH CORPORATION; CIGNA
HEALTHCARE OF CALIFORNIA, INC.,
Counterclaimants,
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v.
JOHN B. HACKERT, M.D.,
Counterdefendant.
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This ERISA action proceeded to trial on November 13, 2017. See Trial Mins.
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Day 1, ECF No. 91. Counterdefendant John B. Hackert represented himself; Curtis Leavitt
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represented counterclaimaints Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Cigna Health
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Corporation, and Cigna Healthcare of California, Inc. (collectively “Cigna”). Id. The jury
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returned a unanimous verdict on a threshold factual question. Trial Mins. Day 2, ECF No. 93;
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Verdict, ECF No. 96; see also Oct. 31, 2017 Order, ECF No. 88 (explaining Mr. Hackert’s
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entitlement to a jury trial on threshold question). After a short recess, the parties represented
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they had reached a settlement, the terms of which were then stated on the record. See Trial Mins.
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Day 2. The court ordered dispositional documents to be filed within fourteen days. Id. More
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than two months have now lapsed, yet the parties have neither filed dispositional documents nor
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requested additional time to do so. Accordingly, the court hereby ORDERS Mr. Hackert and
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Mr. Leavitt to (1) file a status report regarding the status of their efforts to finalize the settlement
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agreement; and (2) SHOW CAUSE within fourteen days why each of them should not pay a
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$250 sanction for failing to heed this court’s instruction.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: January 29, 2018.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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