Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. v. Kinsale Insurance Company et al

Filing 12

ORDER granting 11 Motion to Continue Joint Discovery Plan due 3/5/2025 (previously 01/29/2025) Case Management Conference set for 3/12/2025 09:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Valerie E. Torres. Early Neutral Evaluation set for 3/12/2025 09:30 AM before Magistrate Judge Valerie E. Torres (previously set 02/05/2025). [Doc. No. 11 ] Signed by Magistrate Judge Valerie E. Torres on 01/03/2025 (stn).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES
INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. a
Florida Corporation,

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Plaintiff,
v.
KINSALE INSURANCE COMPANY, an
Arkansas Corporation; and DOES 1
through 10, inclusive ,
Defendants.

Case No.: 3:24-cv-01722-JLS-VET
ORDER GRANTING JOINT
MOTION TO CONTINUE EARLY
NEUTRAL EVALUATION AND
CASE MANAGEMENT
CONFERENCE
[Doc. No. 11]

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Before the Court is the parties’ Stipulation and Request to Continue Early Neutral

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Evaluation Conference and Case Management Conference (“Joint Motion”)1. Doc. No. 11.

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Therein, the parties request to continue by forty-five (45) days the Early Neutral Evaluation

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and Case Management Conference (“ENE/CMC”), currently set for February 5, 2024.

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Defense counsel has a trial set in January and the parties seek a continuance to ensure

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counsel has sufficient time to prepare for the ENE. Id. at 2. The parties filed the Joint

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Motion on December 16, 2024, fourteen (14) days after the Court issued the Notice and

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Order setting the ENE/CMC. See Doc. No. 10.

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The parties filed the Stipulation and Request as a “Joint Motion” in the CM/ECF system
in accordance with Local Civ. R. 7.2.b.
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Any request to continue the ENE based on pre-existing conflicts was due within ten

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days of the Court setting the ENE/CMC, i.e., December 12, 2024. See id. at 6. The parties

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do not specify when defense counsel became aware of the January trial date or why they

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could not otherwise comply with the ten-day deadline. Setting aside this oversight, the

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Court agrees that a continuance is appropriate so Defendant can adequately prepare for the

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ENE. Therefore, based on a review of the Joint Motion and the record, and good cause

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appearing, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion. The Court ORDERS the following:

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The dates and deadlines set forth in the Court’s Notice and Order Setting the

ENE/CMC, dated December 2, 2024, are hereby VACATED. See Doc. No. 10.
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Counsel and party representatives must appear for an Early Neutral

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Evaluation Conference (“ENE”) on March 12, 2025 at 9:30 a.m. before Magistrate Judge

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Valerie E. Torres.

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3.

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No later than March 5, 2025, each party must lodge a confidential ENE

Statement by e-mail to the Court at [e-mail].
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Counsel must meet and confer pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f) no later than

February 19, 2025.
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Initial disclosures, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A-D), must occur on

or before March 5, 2025.

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March 5, 2025.

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A Joint Discovery Plan must be filed on the CM/ECF system no later than
All other requirements and guidance set forth in the Court’s Notice and Order

Setting the ENE/CMC, dated December 2, 2024, remain in effect. See Doc. No. 10.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: January 3, 2025

________________________________
Hon. Valerie E. Torres
United States Magistrate Judge

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