Garnica v. Indian Harbor Insurance Company

Filing 58

ORDER. IT IS ORDERED that 45 Indian Harbor Insurance Company's Motion to Interplead Funds is Granted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that 46 Indian Harbor Insurance Company's Motion for Dismissal is Denied without prejudice. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Indian Harbor Insurance Company has until 5/10/2022 to deposit the funds. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 5/10/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - JQC)

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DANA JONATHON NITZ
NEVADA BAR NO. 50
SELMAN BREITMAN LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89169-0961
Telephone:
702.228.7717
Facsimile:
702.228.8824
Email:
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant/
Third-Party Plaintiff/Counterdefendant Indian
Harbor Insurance Company

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ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Selman Breitman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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LLP

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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MARIA GARNICA, an individual,

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v.
INDIAN HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY;
DOES I - V, and ROE CORPORATIONS I - V,
inclusive,
Defendants.

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INDIAN HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY,
Counterclaimant,

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v.
MARIA GARNICA,
Counterdefendant.

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INDIAN HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY,
Third-Party Plaintiff,

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ORDER RE: INDIAN HARBOR
INSURANCE COMPANY’S MOTION
TO INTERPLEAD FUNDS AND FOR
DISMISSAL (ECF NOS. 45 AND 46)

Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:21-cv-00560-JCM-VCF

v.
LOUI DEEDS, an individual, NELLY IRAN, an
individual, BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, a

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California corporation,

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Third Party Defendants.

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LOUI DEEDS, an Individual,

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Third-Party Defendant’s Counterclaim,

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v.

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INDIAN HARBOR INSURANCE COMPANY;
DOES I-V, and ROE CORPORATIONS I-V,
inclusive

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Counterdefendants.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Selman Breitman

LLP

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Before the Court is Indian Harbor Insurance Company’s Motion to Interplead Funds and for

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Dismissal (ECF Nos. 45 and 46), filed on March 22, 2022. Maria Garnica filed a Response on

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March 31, 2022 (ECF No. 47) and Loui Deeds’ filed a Response on April 4, 2022 (ECF No. 48) to

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which Maria Garnica Joined (ECF No. 49). Indian Harbor Insurance Company filed its Reply on

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April 7, 2022 (ECF No. 50). The hearing was held on May 3, 2022 before the Honorable Cam

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Ferenbach via videoconference.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Indian Harbor Insurance Company’s Motion to

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Interplead Funds (ECF No. 45) is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Indian Harbor Insurance Company’s Motion for

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Dismissal (ECF No. 46) is denied without prejudice.

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Indian Harbor Insurance Company has until

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May 10, 2022 to deposit the funds.

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DATED: May 10, 2022.

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CAM FERENBACH
UNITED STATED MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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Respectfully submitted by,

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SELMAN BREITMAN LLP

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By:

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Selman Breitman

LLP

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/s/ Dana Jonathon Nitz
DANA JONATHON NITZ
NEVADA BAR NO. 50
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200
Las Vegas, NV 89169-0961
Phone: [phone]
Facsimile: 702.228.8824
Attorneys for Defendant/Counterclaimant/Third-Party
Plaintiff/Counterdefendant Indian Harbor Insurance Company

Approved as to form:
THE FIRM, P.C.

SHOOK & STONE, PLLC

By:

By:

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/s/ David F. Sampson
PRESTON P. REZAEE
NEVADA BAR NO. 10729
630 S. Third Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Telephone: [phone]
DAVID F. SAMPSON, ESQ.
NEVADA BAR NO. 6811
LAW OFFICE OF DAVID SAMPSON
630 S. 3rd Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Plaintiff/Counterdefendant
Maria Garnica

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/s/ Kurt D. Anderson
LEONARD H. STONE
NEVADA BAR NO. 5791
KURT D. ANDERSON
NEVADA BAR NO. 0093
710 S. Fourth Street
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Facsimile 702.384.0394
Attorneys for Third-Party
Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff Loui
Deeds