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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Insurance Contract

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JOINT STIPULATION ON EXTENSION OF TIME FORDEFENDANT, XLCATLIN LLOYD’S

SYNDICATE XLC2003, TO RESPONDTO COMPLAINT - 1 

CHRISTENSEN 

HSU 

SIPES LLP

Mark E. Christensen (SBN 229026) mark@chs.law

Richard V. De Gruccio (SBN 214679)

richard@chs.law CHRISTENSEN HSU SIPES LLP

1629 Cravens Avenue

Torrance, CA 90501

Tel. (310) 222-8607 / Fax (310) 222-8680

Attorneys for Defendant 

XL Catlin Lloyd’s Syndicate XLC 2003

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PACIFICORP,

Plaintiff, 

v.

TRAVELERS PROPERTY 

CASUALTY COMPANY OF 

AMERICA, NAVIGATORS 

SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, GREENWICH 

INSURANCE COMPANY, XL 

CATLIN LLOYD’S SYNDICATE XLC 

2003, COLUMBIA CASUALTY 

COMPANY, XL CATLIN SPECIALTY 

INSURANCE COMPANY, CRUM & 

FORSTER SPECIALTY INSURANCE 

COMPANY, AND LANDMARK 

AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

Defendants.

Case No.: 2:24-cv-02906 TLN AC

JOINT STIPULATION ON 

EXTENSION OF TIME FOR 

DEFENDANT, XL CATLIN 

LLOYD’S SYNDICATE XLC 

2003, TO RESPOND TO 

COMPLAINT; ORDER

Hon. Allison Claire Courtroom 

26, 8th Floor 

Action Filed: August 29, 2024 

Trial Date: None set 

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28 JOINT STIPULATION ON EXTENSION OF TIME FORDEFENDANT, XLCATLIN LLOYD’S

SYNDICATE XLC2003, TO RESPONDTO COMPLAINT - 2 

CHRISTENSEN 

HSU 

SIPES LLP

Defendant, XL Catlin Lloyd’s Syndicate 2003 (“XL Catlin”), and Plaintiff, 

PacifiCorp, by and through their respective counsel, hereby jointly stipulate to allow 

XL Catlin additional time to respond to the Complaint and request this Court enter 

an order allowing XL Catlin 10 days to file a response to the operative complaint in 

this action once this Court has issued an order on the Motion to Remand. As 

grounds in support thereof, the Parties state as follows: 

1. The operative complaint names, amongst other parties, XL Catlin Lloyd’s

Syndicate 2003 as a defendant. [Dkt. 1 at Exh. 1]

2. XL Catlin’s inclusion as a defendant is premised on alleged subscription

to Commercial Umbrella Liability Policy No. CSUSA2101704 (the

“Policy”). [Id. at ¶ 76]

3. XL Catlin, however, is not a party to the Policy for US risks, a fact which,

both parties have agreed to be the case.

4. PacifiCorp has filed a Motion to Remand [Dkt. 46] which includes an

amended complaint. [Id. at Exh. B] The amended complaint removes XL

Catlin as a defendant from the action and, in their place, names other

subscribing syndicates to the Policy.

5. The Motion to Remand is currently pending before the Court.

6. By virtue of the amended complaint, XL Catlin Syndicate 2003 will no

longer be a party to this action and, therefore, would not have to submit a

responsive pleading.

7. Based on the foregoing, the Parties stipulate XL Catlin shall have 10 days

to file a response to the operative complaint in this action once this Court

has issued an order on the Motion to Remand, to the extent a response is

necessary from XL Catlin.

8. In the event the Court does not issue an order remanding the case, XL

Catlin shall have 10 days from that decision to respond to the operative

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SYNDICATE XLC2003, TO RESPONDTO COMPLAINT - 3 

CHRISTENSEN 

HSU 

SIPES LLP

complaint.

The parties certify the extension is not requested, or stipulated hereto, for 

purposes of delay. 

DATED: November 22, 2024

/s/ Christina M. Shea

Cristina M. Shea, Esq.

Reed Smith LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105 cshea@reedsmith.com Tel: 415-659-4736 Attorney PacifiCorp 

/s/ Mark E. Christensen

Mark E. Christensen, Esq. 

Christensen Hsu Sipes LLP

1629 Cravens Ave

Torrance, CA 90501

mark@chs.law

Tel: 312-634-1014

Attorney for XL Catlin Llyod’s

Syndicate XLC 2003

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 26, 2024 

____________________________ 

Troy L. Nunley

Chief United States District Judge

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