Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Hoyt et al

Filing 16

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT EZRA TIMOTHY HOYT'S 14 NOVEMBER 23, 2011 LETTER. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 12/9/2011. (Attachments: # 1 Certificate/Proof of Service)(ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/9/2011)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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ORDER REGARDING
DEFENDANT EZRA
TIMOTHY HOYT'S
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
LETTER

Plaintiff,

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No. C 11-3650 CW

v.
EZRA TIMOTHY HOYT and HEATHER
HOYT COOPER,
Defendants.
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On November 23, 2011, Defendant Ezra Timothy Hoyt submitted a
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letter to the Court stating his desire to relinquish his claim to
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the $58,000 life insurance benefit that is at issue in this case.
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Mr. Hoyt's letter, as well as Plaintiff's November 1, 2011 case
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management statement, indicate that Mr. Hoyt is currently residing
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in Napa State Hospital.

Plaintiff has also informed the Court

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that Mr. Hoyt has been appointed a conservator in a Sonoma County
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Superior Court proceeding, SPR-82694, and an attorney in the
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criminal case against him, SCR-509891, also brought in Sonoma
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County.
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Within thirty days from the date of this order, the

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conservator, Mr. Hoyt's attorney, Napa State Hospital legal staff

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and Plaintiff may submit letters to the Court explaining their

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position as to Mr. Hoyt's waiver of his claim to the insurance

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benefit.

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within thirty days from the date of this order.

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mail a copy of this order and Mr. Hoyt's letter to Mr. Hoyt's

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court-appointed conservator, his court-appointed counsel, the Napa

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State Hospital legal staff and Ms. Cooper.

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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Defendant Heather Hoyt Cooper may also submit a letter
The Clerk shall

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: 12/9/2011

CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge

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