Allied World Insurance Company v. TEC Construction Services et al

Filing 26

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 8/23/2016 STAYING this case as to TEC Construction Services, Eternity Challenge, Inc.; DIRECTING the plaintiff and Defendants TEC Construction Services, Eternity Challenge, Inc. to update the court on the status of the bankruptcy proceedings with joint status reports every sixty (60) days. (Michel, G.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLIED WORLD INSURANCE
COMPANY,

No. 2:16-cv-01092-KJM-KJN
ORDER

Plaintiff,
v.
TEC CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

On August 18, 2016, plaintiff Allied World Insurance Company notifed

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the court that defendants Tec Construction Services, Inc. (Tec Construction) and

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The Eternity Challenge, Inc. (Eternity Challenge) have each filed Chapter 7

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bankruptcy petitions on August 11, 2016. Notice, ECF No. 19 at 1. Plaintiff

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received notice of the filings on August 17, 2016. Id. at 1–2. The two remaining

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defendants, Merlyn F. Lund and Nancy T. Lund, have not filed bankruptcy

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petitions.

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Accordingly, the case is automatically stayed as to defendants Tec

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Construction and Eternity Challenge only. 11 U.S.C. § 362(a); see also The

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Minoco Grp. Of Cos. v. First State Underwriters Agency of New England Reinsurance

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Corp., 799 F.2d 517, 520 (9th Cir. 1986). Plaintiff and defendants Tec

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Construction and Eternity Challenge are directed to update the court on the

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status of the bankruptcy proceedings with joint status reports every sixty (60)

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days.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: August 23, 2016
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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