Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut v. Centex Homes et al

Filing 100

ORDER re 99 Status Report filed by Centex Homes. Joint Status Report due by 6/16/2016. Signed by Judge Charles R. Breyer on 5/31/2016. (beS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/3/2016)

Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720
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J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553
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Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511
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PAYNE & FEARS LLP
4 Attorneys at Law
Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100
5 Irvine, California 92614
Telephone: [phone]
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7 Attorneys for CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership;
NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California limited liability partnership
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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12 TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF
CONNECTICUT, a Connecticut corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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v.
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CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership;
16 NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California
limited liability partnership; RGL INC., a
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FORENSICS; and DOES 1 through 10,
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Case No. 3:13-cv-00088-CRB
[Consolidated with Case No. 3:12-cv-00371CRB]
Honorable Charles R. Breyer
JOINT STATUS UPDATE AND
ORDER

Defendants.

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On April 25, 2016, Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut (“Travelers”), Centex

2 Homes (“Centex”) and Newmeyer & Dillion (“Newmeyer”) stipulated to stay this case. (Docket
3 No. 97.) RGL, Inc. (“RGL”) did not request the stay, but did not object to the stay requested by
4 Travelers, Centex and Newmeyer (the “Parties”). The Parties entered the stipulation to stay in
5 order to facilitate settlement negotiations for the dozens of cases pending between them in
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The Court signed the stipulation, and entered the stay, on April 28, 2016. (Docket No. 98.)

9 The Court’s order requested that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than May 24,

ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

10 2016, following the conclusion of an MSC that was to be held before the Honorable John A.
11 Kronstadt of the Central District of California to discuss a global resolution of the cases pending
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During the course of the May 10, 2016, MSC, the Parties reached a tentative settlement as

15 to most of the cases pending between them; however, the Parties did not discuss this particular
16 case. Instead, the Parties agreed to hold a mediation on May 31, 2016, before a neutral in Nevada
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The Parties request the Court leave the stay in place and they further propose that the Court

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DATED: May 24, 2016

PAYNE & FEARS

LLP

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By:

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/s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes
J. KELBY VAN PATTEN
JEFFREY M. HAYES

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Attorneys for Centex Homes and Newmeyer &
Dillion, LLP

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DATED: May 24, 2016

THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
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PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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By:

/s/ Rebecca Hunter
A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ.
RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ.
REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ.

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Attorneys for Plaintiff

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ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT

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/s/ Andrew P. Sclar
ANDREW P. SCLAR
Attorneys for RGL, Inc.

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ORDER

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case will remain stayed

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than

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7 June 16, 2016, following the conclusion of the mediation that will be held on May 31, 2016,
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
[phone]

PAYNE & FEARS LLP

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Dated:

May 31, 2016

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Hon. Charles R. Breyer
Judge, United States District Court

4825-3863-6338.1

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