Stratton v. Life Insurance Company of North America et al

Filing 61

ORDER (1) Denying as Moot 57 Motion for Attorney Fees and Costs and (2) Setting Status Conference. Given that the Parties have negotiated and Defendant has paid Plaintiff's fee claim, the Court DENIES AS MOOT Plaintiff's pending Motion (ECF No. 57 ). Further, as requested by the Parties, the Court SETS this matter for a status conference on 9/8/2022 at 1:30 PM, to be vacated if the Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment is filed prior to that date. Signed by Judge Janis L. Sammartino on 8/2/2022. (tcf)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MAUREEN STRATTON,

Case No.: 20-CV-2037 JLS (NLS)
Plaintiff,

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v.

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LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
NORTH AMERICA,

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ORDER (1) DENYING AS MOOT
MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES
AND COSTS AND (2) SETTING
STATUS CONFERENCE

Defendant.

(ECF Nos. 57, 60)

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Presently before the Court are Plaintiff Maureen Stratton’s Motion for an Award of

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Plaintiff’s Attorneys’ Fees and Costs and Prejudgment Interest (“Mot.,” ECF No. 57) and

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the Parties’ Joint Report re Status of Attorney Fee Claim (“Joint Br.,” ECF No. 60). The

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Joint Brief indicates that the Parties informally negotiated the fee claim, which Defendant

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Life Insurance Company of North America has paid; but that there is an outstanding issue

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of two benefit periods that were not fully paid, which Defendant is investigating. Joint Br.

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at 1–2. Accordingly, the Parties “respectfully request the Court set this case for a status

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conference in thirty (30) days, to be vacated if the Acknowledgement of Satisfaction of

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Judgment[ ]is filed before then.” Id. at 2.

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Given that the Parties have negotiated and Defendant has paid Plaintiff’s fee claim,

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the Court DENIES AS MOOT Plaintiff’s pending Motion (ECF No. 57). Further, as
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requested by the Parties, the Court SETS this matter for a status conference at 1:30 p.m.

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on September 8, 2022, to be vacated if the Acknowledgment of Satisfaction of Judgment

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is filed prior to that date.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 2, 2022

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