Williams Sports Rentals Inc.

Filing 100

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 4/23/2020 CONTINUING the hearing on 90 Counter Claimant Willis' motion to 6/16/2020 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 6 (JAM) before District Judge John A. Mendez. WSR's response is due no later than 6/5/2020. (Kastilahn, A)

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B. OTIS FELDER (CSB No. 177628)
Email: [e-mail]
CSB Certified Admiralty & Maritime Specialist
WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,
EDELMAN & DICKER LLP
525 Market Street, 17th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105-2725
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Petitioner, Counter Defendant
and Third-Party Plaintiff
WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IN ADMIRALTY

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IN RE: COMPLAINT AND PETITION
OF WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS,
INC. AS OWNER OF A CERTAIN
2004 YAMAHA WAVERUNNER FX
140 FOR EXONERATION FROM OR
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

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MARIAN LATASHA WILLIS, on
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behalf of the Estate of RAESHON
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WILLIAMS,
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Respondent/Counter Claimant,
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WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC., )
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Petitioner/Counter Defendant.
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WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC., )
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Petitioner, Counter Defendant, and
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Third-party Plaintiff,
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v.
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THOMAS SMITH, KAI PETRICH,
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BERKELEY EXECUTIVES, INC.,
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ZIP, INC., and DOES 1-10,
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Third-party Defendants.
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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING
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Case No. 2:17-cv-00653-JAM-EFB
Hon. John A. Mendez

STIPULATION AND ORDER
CONTINUING HEARING ON
WILLIS’S MOTION TO LIFT STAY
AND ABATE LIMITATION
PROCEEDINGS

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WHEREAS Respondent and Counter Claimant MARIAN LATSHA WILLIS,

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on behalf of herself, the Estate of RAESHON WILLIAMS (“Decedent”) and

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Decedent’s father, Claimant Coole Theophalus Williams (collectively “Willis”) has

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filed a Motion (ECF No. 90) to lift the Rule F stay so she may proceed with an action

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against Petitioner, Counter Defendant, and Third-Party Plaintiff WILLIAMS

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SPORTS RENTALS, INC. (“WSR”) in state court and to abate the federal limitation

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proceedings;

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WHEREAS WSR requests Willis’s responses to written discovery before
serving its response to the motion that is due on May 5, 2020, and Willis requests
until May 21, 2020 to complete those responses;
Willis and WSR stipulate that with permission of the Court, the hearing on

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Willis’s motion be continued until June 16, 2020 with WSR’s response due no later

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than June 5, 2020.

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ORDER

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Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, the hearing on Counter Claimant

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Willis’s motion (ECF No. 90) is continued to June 16, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. WSR’s

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response is due no later than June 5, 2020.

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SO ORDERED (AS MODIFIED BY THE COURT)

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Dated: April 23, 2020

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/s/ John A. Mendez___________
Hon. John Mendez
U.S. DISTICT COURT JUDGE

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So Stipulated.

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Dated: April 22, 2020

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WILSON, ELSER, MOSKOWITZ,
EDELMAN & DICKER LLP

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By: s/ B. Otis Felder
B. Otis Felder
Attorneys for Petitioner, Counter Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff
WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC.
E-mail: [e-mail]

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THE VEEN FIRM
By: s/ Steven A. Kroneberg (as authorized on 4/22/20)
Anthony L. Label
Steven A. Kronenberg
John R. Hillsman
Attorneys for MARIAN LATASHA WILLIS
Personal Representative of the Estate of RAESHON WILLIAMS
Respondent and Counter Claimant

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