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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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Irene K. Yesowitch (SBN 111575) 

iyesowitch@cozen.com 

Alicia M. Gurries (SBN 210225) 

agurries@cozen.com 

COZEN O’CONNOR 

101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1400 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Tel: 415-644-0914 

Fax: 415-644-0978 

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants, 

HAGERTY INSURANCE AGENCY and 

ESSENTIA INSURANCE COMPANY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RAY GIBSON, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

HAGERTY INSURANCE AGENCY, a 

Limited Liability Corporate entity doing 

business in California, ESSENTIA 

INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporate 

Entity doing business in California, And 

DOES 1-50, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 1:16-CV-00677-DAD-BAM 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE INITIAL 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE 

Date: October 11, 2016 

Time: 9:30 a.m. 

Courtroom: 23 

Judge: Magistrate Judge Barbara 

A. McAuliffe 

Complaint filed: April 7, 2016 

Removed from State Court: May 11, 2016 

HAGERTY INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC, 

and ESSENTIA INSURANCE COMPANY, 

 Defendants/Cross-Complainants, 

v. 

RAY GIBSON, JUDY SLACK and ROES 1 

through 10. 

 Cross-Defendants. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 143, the parties hereby stipulate to continue the Initial 

Scheduling Conference from October 11, 2016 to November 15, 2016. 

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RECITALS 

 WHEREAS, on September 1, 2016, Magistrate Judge Barbara McAuliffe held a 

telephone conference with newly retained counsel, Anthony Salazar, attorney for 

Plaintiff/Cross-Defendants, Ray Gibson and Judy Slack, and counsel for Defendants/CrossComplainants, Hagerty Insurance Agency, LLC and Essentia Insurance Company. 

WHEREAS, on September 6, 2016, Magistrate Judge McAuliffe ordered the 

continuation of the Initial Scheduling Conference to October 11, 2016 to allow newly 

retained counsel, Anthony Salazar, to file a substitution of attorney for Mr. Gibson and Mrs. 

Slack. (Doc. No. 23.) The Court’s Order noted that the parties discussed “whether the 

Court should proceed with appointing a guardian ad-litem due to Mr. Gibson’s advanced 

Alzheimer’s disease”. 

WHEREAS, Mr. Salazar filed a substitution of attorney on September 16, 2016. 

(Doc. No. 24.) 

WHEREAS, the Mr. Salazar has advised that he will be filing for appointment of a 

guardian ad-litem for Mr. Gibson but that he needs additional time. Mr. Salazar has 

requested an additional three weeks to find a guardian ad-litem and file the appropriate 

motion with the Court. 

WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate that the Initial Scheduling Conference be 

continued from October 11, 2016 to November 15, 2016, or later. 

WHEREAS, the parties agree and stipulate that neither party will be prejudiced by 

the granting of such a continuance. 

Accordingly, the parties respectfully request the Court adopt this proposed 

stipulation. 

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IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: October 3, 2016 COZEN O’CONNOR 

By: /s/ Alicia Gurries 

Irene K. Yesowitch 

Alicia M. Gurries 

Attorneys for Defendants/Cross-Complainants, 

HAGERTY INSURANCE AGENCY and 

ESSENTIA INSURANCE COMPANY 

Dated: October 3, 2016 LAW OFFICE OF ANTHONY SALAZAR 

By: /s/ Anthony Salazar

Anthony T. Salazar 

Attorney for Plaintiff/Cross-Defendants, RAY 

GIBSON and JUDY SLACK 

[PROPROSED] ORDER 

The Court, having received, read, and considered the stipulation of the parties, and 

good cause appearing therefrom, adopts the stipulation of the parties and agree to continue the 

Initial Scheduling Conference. The Court further CONTINUES the Initial SCHEDULING 

CONFERENCE from October 11, 2016 to Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 09:30 AM 

before Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. A joint scheduling report is due one week 

before the conference. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 4, 2016 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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