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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE RELATED ACTIONS

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RALPH A. ZAPPALA, SBN 102052

ERIN SHEFFIELD SANCHEZ, SBN 238450

BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 350

Lafayette, California 94549

Telephone: (925) 299-9600

Facsimile: (925) 299-9608

Email: rzappala@bzlawllp.com

esanchez@bzlawllp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE LLC

ERIN SHEFFIELD SANCHEZ, SBN 238450

BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

251 Lafayette Circle, Suite 350

Lafayette, California 94549

Telephone: (925) 299-9600

Facsimile: (925) 299-9608

E-mail: esanchez@bzlawllp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE 

EDWARD PESTANA TRUST

SONIA MARTIN, SBN 191148

MENGMENG ZHANG, SBN 280411

DENTONS US LLP

525 Market Street, 26th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708

Telephone: (415) 882-5000

Facsimile: (415) 882-0300

E-mail: sonia.martin@dentons.com

Mengmeng.zhang@dentons.com

Attorneys for Defendant 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE LLC, a 

California limited liability company,

 

 Plaintiff,

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SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, A 

SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Ohio 

corporation; GARY HERD, an individual; 

NANCY HERD, an individual; and DOES 1-

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Plaintiff TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE, LLC (“TRES CRUZES”), and Defendants 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, A SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE 

INSURANCE COMPANY (“SCOTTSDALE”)1, parties to the case styled Tres Cruzes Land & 

Cattle LLC v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, a Subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance Company, 

 

1 Defendants Gary Herd and Nancy Herd have not yet appeared in this case. 

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et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:15-cv-000449-MCE-DAD 

(“TRES CRUZES ACTION”), and Plaintiff JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE 

EDWARD PESTANA TRUST (“TRUSTEE”) and Defendants SCOTTSDALE2, parties to the 

case styled John W. Busby II, Trustee of the Edward Pestana Trust v. Scottsdale Insurance 

Company, a Subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance Company, et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern 

District of California, Case No. 2:15-cv-00764-MCE-DAD (“TRUSTEE ACTION”) having met 

and conferred, have agreed that these matters should be consolidated, pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 42(a). Accordingly, the parties hereby stipulate as follows:

WHEREAS, SCOTTSDALE filed its Notice of Removal of Civil Action in the TRES 

CRUZES ACTION on February 26, 2015 removing the case from San Joaquin County Superior 

Court (where it was Case No. 39-2015-00321479-CU-BC-STK);

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WHEREAS, SCOTTSDALE filed its Notice of Removal of Civil Action in the 

TRUSTEE ACTION on February 26, 2015 removing the case from Alameda County Superior 

Court (where it was Case No. RG15754697);

WHEREAS, the TRUSTEE ACTION was transferred from the U.S. District Court, 

Northern District of California on April 8, 2015 pursuant to a stipulation between the parties and 

an order signed by Hon. Charles R. Breyer;4

WHEREAS, SCOTTSDALE filed Notices of Related Case in the TRES CRUZES 

ACTION and TRUSTEE ACTION on April 14, 2015, notifying the court that the two cases are 

related, with the cases subsequently deemed related by Order filed May 11, 2015; 

WHEREAS, the TRUSTEE ACTION involves substantially the same parties, similar 

claims, the same property, the same insurance policy, and similar questions of fact and law as the 

TRES CRUZES ACTION, such that assignment of these cases to the same judge would result in 

a substantial savings of judicial effort;

 

2 Defendants Gary Herd and Nancy Herd have not yet appeared in this case. 

3 TRES CRUZES filed a Motion to Remand this case, and a hearing on the motion was set for May 14, 2015. 4 TRUSTEE filed a Motion to Remand this case, and a hearing on the motion was set for June 29, 2015.

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WHEREAS, neither the TRUSTEE ACTION nor the TRES CRUZES ACTION have 

been assigned a trial date and therefore there is no risk of delaying trial due to the proposed 

consolidation;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between 

the parties to the TRES CRUZES ACTION and the TRUSTEE ACTION, through their 

respective counsel of record herein, that the TRUSTEE ACTION be consolidated with the TRES 

CRUZES ACTION for all purposes. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: May 11, 2015 BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

By___/S/__Erin S. Sanchez______ 

ERIN S. SANCHEZ

Attorney for Plaintiff

TRES CRUZES LAND & CATTLE LLC

Dated: May 11, 2015 BUSBY & ZAPPALA LLP

By___/S/__Erin S. Sanchez______ 

ERIN S. SANCHEZ

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOHN W. BUSBY II, TRUSTEE OF THE 

EDWARD PESTANA TRUST

Dated: May 11, 2015 DENTONS US LLP

By__/S/___Sonia Martin_________ 

SONIA MARTIN

Attorney for Defendant 

SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY, A 

SUBSIDIARY OF NATIONWIDE INSURANCE 

COMPANY

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ORDER

In accordance with the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing, the Court hereby 

orders that Tres Cruzes Land & Cattle LLC v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, a Subsidiary of 

Nationwide Insurance Company, et al., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Case 

No. 2:15-CV-000449-MCE-DAD (“TRES CRUZES ACTION”) is consolidated, for all 

purposes including trial, with John W. Busby II, Trustee of the Edward Pestana Trust v. 

Scottsdale Insurance Company, a Subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance Company, et al., U.S. 

District Court, Eastern District of California, Case No. 2:15-CV-00764-MCE-DAD (“TRUSTEE 

ACTION”). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 19, 2015

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