Interstate Fire & Casualty Company v. First Specialty Insurance Company

Filing 31

ORDER signed by District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 11/14/2018 ORDERING all Phase One fact discovery must be completed by 3/1/2019. The parties must engage in meaningful meet and confer efforts prior to filing dispositive motions. Dispositive moti ons concerning Phase One must be heard no later than 5/3/2019. The parties' memoranda of points and authorities in support of their motions for summary judgment as well as the oppositions to such motions, if any, may not exceed 30 pages and their reply briefs may not exceed 15 pages. (Huang, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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INTERSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY
COMPANY,
Plaintiff,

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No. 2:17-cv-01795-KJM-AC

ORDER

v.
FIRST SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY; AND DOES 1 through 10,
inclusive,
Defendants.

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The court previously determined efficient resolution of this case required two

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phases of litigation and ordered the parties to file a joint status report with a proposed schedule

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for discovery and dispositive motion practice for the first phase of litigation. ECF No. 28 at 2.

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Unable to reach agreement, the parties jointly submitted their “alternative plans and positions.”

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ECF No. 30 at 2. After reviewing the parties’ report, the court ORDERS as follows:

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(1)

All Phase One fact discovery must be completed by March 1, 2019;

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(2)

The parties must engage in meaningful meet and confer efforts prior to

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filing dispositive motions;
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Dispositive motions concerning Phase One must be heard no later than
May 3, 2019; and

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The parties’ memoranda of points and authorities in support of their

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motions for summary judgment as well as the oppositions to such motions,

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if any, may not exceed 30 pages and their reply briefs may not exceed 15

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pages.

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DATED: November 14, 2018.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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