Wells Fargo & Company et al v. ABD Insurance & Financial Services, Inc. et al

Filing 115

ORDER re 114 Statement filed by Kurt De Grosz, ABD Insurance & Financial Services, Inc., Brian Hetherington. Signed by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton on 3/28/14. (nahS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/28/2014)

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Kevin D. Rising (211663)
[e-mail]
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3550
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Felicia J. Boyd (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
Aaron A. Myers (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
[e-mail]
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
225 South Sixth Street, Suite 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and
WELLS FARGO INSURANCE SERVICES,
USA, INC.

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Benjamin K. Riley (112007)
[e-mail]
Jayne Laiprasert (256930)
[e-mail]
BARTKO, ZANKEL, BUNZEL & MILLER
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Katherine M. Basile (132518)
[e-mail]
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
21771 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, CA 95014
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
James M. Wagstaffe (99535)
[e-mail]
Adrian J. Sawyer (203712)
[e-mail]
KERR & WAGSTAFFE LLP
100 Spear Street, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1576
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendants
ABD INSURANCE & FINANCIAL SERVICES,
INC., KURT DE GROSZ and
BRIAN HETHERINGTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and WELLS )
FARGO INSURANCE SERVICES, USA, INC., )
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BRIAN HETHERINGTON,
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No. CV 12-3856 (PJH)
JOINT STATEMENT RE STATUS
AND REQUEST TO TAKE HEARING
OFF CALENDAR
AND ORDER
The Hon. Phyllis J. Hamilton
Complaint Filed:

July 24, 2012

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998.507/800872.1

JOINT STATEMENT RE STATUS
Case No. CV 12-3856 (PJH)

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Counsel for the parties hereby submit this joint statement re status and request that the

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Court take the May 21, 2014 hearing on Wells Fargo’s renewed motion for preliminary injunction

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off calendar.

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The Court will recall that on December 20, 2013, the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum

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disposition, reversing this Court’s Order denying Wells Fargo’s motion for preliminary injunction,

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and remanding back to this Court for further consideration. The ABD Team filed a petition for

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panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, which was denied on February 6, 2014, although the panel

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modified its memorandum disposition to respond to one of the issues raised by the ABD Team’s

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petition for review. The revised memorandum disposition contained an order barring any further

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petitions for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc.
On March 3, 2014, the Ninth Circuit issued a published Opinion, setting forth the same

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reasoning and holding as previously included in the memorandum disposition, and repeating the

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prohibition against further petitions for rehearing.

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At the Case Management Conference before this Court on March 6, 2014, the Court and

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the parties set a hearing for May 21, 2014, on a renewed motion for preliminary injunction to be

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filed by Wells Fargo. The Court directed the parties to contact the Ninth Circuit to determine if

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the mandate had issued back to the district court, and requested the parties to agree on a briefing

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schedule for the renewed motion.

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The next week, on March 11, 2014, the Ninth Circuit withdrew its March 3 published

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Opinion, and issued an identical published Opinion. It also issued a new Order specifically

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deleting the prohibition against further petitions for rehearing.

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In accordance with the March 11 Order and in light of the publication of the Opinion and

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its precedential impact, the ABD Team filed a renewed Petition for Rehearing En Banc on March

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24, 2014.

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Accordingly, this preliminary injunction issue is again before the Ninth Circuit, as it

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considers the renewed Petition for Rehearing En Banc. Therefore, the parties respectfully request

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that the Court take the May 21 hearing on the renewed motion for preliminary injunction off

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calendar. The parties and counsel will contact the Court and, as appropriate depending on the
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Ninth Circuit’s ultimate order, will work together to bring this matter efficiently back to this Court

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after the final issuance of the mandate.

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Dated: March 27, 2014

/s/ Felicia J. Boyd
Kevin D. Rising
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
2049 Century Park East, Suite 3550
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Felicia J. Boyd (admitted pro hac vice)
Aaron A. Myers (admitted pro hac vice)
BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
225 South Sixth Street, Suite 2800
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY and WELLS
FARGO INSURANCE SERVICES USA, INC.

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Dated: March 27, 2014

/s/ Benjamin K. Riley
Benjamin K. Riley (112007)
Jayne Laiprasert (256930)
BARTKO, ZANKEL, BUNZEL & MILLER
One Embarcadero Center, Suite 800
San Francisco, California 94111

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Katherine M. Basile (132518)
NOVAK DRUCE + QUIGG LLP
21771 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Cupertino, CA 95014

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James M. Wagstaffe (95535)
Adrian J. Sawyer (203712)
KERR & WAGSTAFFE LLP
100 Spear Street, 18th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-1576

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ATTESTATION OF E-FILER
In compliance with Local Rule 5-1(i), the undersigned ECF user filing this document,
hereby attests that all signatories of this document have concurred in the filing of this document.

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/s/ Benjamin K. Riley
Benjamin K. Riley

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