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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VESTA FIRE INSURANCE CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

INSURANCES VENTURES, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

CIV. S-04-0296 FCD PAN

ORDER

—NFN—

On July 21, 2005, the Honorable Frank C. Damrell Jr.,

scheduled a status conference before this court for July 27,

2005, to assess the merits of (1) the Amended Notice of

Withdrawal of Counsel filed July 1 by co-counsel for defendant

Insurance Ventures Inc., and (2) the Motions to Substitute

Counsel filed July 11 by defendants Stephanie Francis Smith and

Carl Frank respectively. Due to the unavailability of co-counsel

for Insurance Ventures Inc., the status conference was vacated

and the matters submitted for decision on the papers. 

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After careful review of the moving papers in light of the

court’s ongoing concerns regarding a potential conflict of

interest by counsel for defendants, the motions to substitute

counsel are approved.

So ordered.

Dated: July 27, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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