Prudential Insurance Company of America et al v. The Legal Coverage Group, LTD. et al

Filing 9

ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant LCG must inform the Court of the status of this case, by letter dated no later than December 6, 2019, including whether the Chapter 11 trustee plans to request to transfer the case to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Valerie E. Caproni on 11/26/2019) (ama)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF
:
AMERICA and PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT :
INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY,
:
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Plaintiffs,
:
:
-against:
:
THE LEGAL COVERAGE GROUP, LTD. and
:
:
GARY FRANK,
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Defendants. :
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USDC SDNY
DOCUMENT
ELECTRONICALLY FILED
DOC #:
DATE FILED: 11/26/2019

18-CV-1846 (VEC)
ORDER

VALERIE CAPRONI, United States District Judge:
WHEREAS Defendant Legal Coverage Group (“LCG”) removed this case from the
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on February 28, 2018, pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 1452(a), and has filed a bankruptcy case in the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (18-10494), Dkt. 1;
WHEREAS a debtor’s filing of a bankruptcy case generally triggers an automatic stay of
pending litigation against the debtor by the debtor’s creditors, see 11 U.S.C. § 362(a); and
WHEREAS the parties submitted a status letter to the Court on April 12, 2018 indicating
that the Bankruptcy Court had appointed a Chapter 11 trustee to administer LCG’s bankruptcy
estate and that the trustee has authority to determine whether to request this case be transferred to
the Bankruptcy Court, Dkt. 8;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant LCG must inform the Court of the status of
this case, by letter dated no later than December 6, 2019, including whether the Chapter 11
trustee plans to request to transfer the case to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
SO ORDERED.

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Date: November 26, 2019
New York, New York

VALERIE CAPRONI
United States District Judge

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