Prudential Insurance Company of America v. Lee et al

Filing 115

ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the parties shall file a status report within seven (7) days of this order. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 2/24/2020. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,

ORDER
Plaintiff(s),

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v.

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Case No. 2:17-CV-900 JCM (VCF)

FAITH LEE, et al.,
Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is the matter of Prudential Insurance Company of America v.

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Lee et al., case number 2:17-cv-00900-JCM-VCF. Prudential Insurance Company filed the instant
interpleader action to resolve competing claims to Rex Wilson’s (“the decedent”) life insurance
policy for $125,000 (“the death benefit”). (ECF No. 1). The claimants are Faith Lee, the
decedent’s mother, and Petra Wilson, the decedent’s wife. Id. On October 3, 2017, the court
dismissed the life insurance provider after it paid $119,598.84 into the court’s registry. (ECF No.
52).
On September 26, 2018, the court disbursed the undisputed portion of the death benefit to

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

Petra Wilson. (ECF Nos. 111; 112). Ms. Wilson filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States
Bankruptcy Court, District of Nevada and, on November 1, 2018, filed a “notice of stay
proceedings” in this case. (ECF No. 113). Since Ms. Wilson’s notice, no party has taken action
in this case.
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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the parties shall file a

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status report within seven (7) days of this order.
DATED February 24, 2020.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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