North Seattle Health Center Corp v. Allstate Fire & Casualty Ins Co

Filing 76

ORDER by Judge James L. Robart rescheduling the Show Cause Hearing for 5/18/2017 at 03:00 PM before Judge James L. Robart. The court orders Allstate to provide Mr. Choi and Ms. Kwan with notice that the 5/1/2017 hearing has been rescheduled to 5/18/2017, at 3:00 p.m. (PM) cc: pro se parties by USPS

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 8 9 NORTH SEATTLE HEALTH CENTER CORPORATION, 10 CASE NO. C14-1680JLR 11 Plaintiff, v. 12 ALLSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, 13 14 Defendant. 15 16 ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY, et al., 17 Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. 18 DAEHYUN CHOI, et al., 19 Third-Party Defendants. 20 // 21 // 22 ORDER - 1 ORDER RESCHEDULING THE MAY 1, 2017, SHOW CAUSE HEARING TO MAY 18, 2017 AND DIRECTING SERVICE 1 On April 11, 2017, the court ordered Third-Party Defendants Daehyun Choi and 2 Hyun Joo Kwan to show cause why the court should not hold them in civil contempt for 3 failing to comply with the subpoenas that Defendant Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance 4 Company and Third-Party Plaintiffs Allstate Indemnity Company, Allstate Insurance 5 Company, and Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company (collectively, 6 “Allstate”) served upon them and for failing to appear at their October 3, 2016, 7 depositions. (See OSC (Dkt. # 72) at 7-10, 12.) The court also set a hearing on Monday, 8 May 1, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., at which the time the parties would be permitted to present 9 testimony or other evidence relevant to the court’s consideration of civil contempt. (Id. at 10 12.) Due to circumstances outside of the court’s control, the court finds it necessary to 11 reschedule the hearing. Accordingly, the court reschedules the May 1, 2017, hearing for 12 May 18, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. The court apologizes to the parties for this unavoidable 13 inconvenience. 14 The court ORDERS Allstate to provide Mr. Choi and Ms. Kwan with notice that 15 the May 1, 2017, hearing has been rescheduled to May 18, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Allstate 16 must provide such notice by serving Mr. Choi and Ms. Kwan with a copy of this order in 17 a manner that is consistent with the directives concerning service contained in the court’s 18 April 11, 2017, order. 1 (See OSC at 9 (describing the required service and citing Fed. R. 19 Civ. P. 45(b)).) Finally, the court ORDERS Mr. Choi and Ms. Kwan to personally 20 // 21 22 1 Allstate must personally serve Mr. Choi and Ms. Kwan with a copy of this order as soon as practicable but not later than Saturday, April 29, 2017, and Allstate must file proof of service on the court’s docket. ORDER - 2 1 appear at the May 18, 2017, hearing and show cause why the court should not should not 2 hold them in civil contempt for failing to comply with the subpoenas that Allstate served 3 upon them and for failing to attend their October 3, 2016, depositions. (See OSC at 4 7-10.) 5 Dated this 25th day of April, 2017. 7 A 8 JAMES L. ROBART United States District Judge 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ORDER - 3

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