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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENOVA HOMES INC.,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S OF

LONDON, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-4114 SBA

(Related to Case No. C 05-2377)

ORDER

On December 8, 2005, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause why Case No. C 05-4114

should not be remanded to state court for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The Order to Show Cause

was issued due to the Court's concern that defendant Devonshire Group, Inc.'s ("Devonshire") presence

in the lawsuit destroyed diversity jurisdiction. 

On December 28, 2005, the parties in Case No. C 05-4114 filed a stipulation whereby Plaintiff

DeNova Homes, Inc. ("DeNova") agreed to voluntarily dismiss Devonshire from the lawsuit. Due to

the voluntarily dismissal of Devonshire from the action, the Court is satisfied that it has subject matter

jurisdiction over Case No. C 05-4114. The Court has also determined that consolidation of Case No.

C 05-4114 and Case No. C 05-2377 is appropriate because the two actions arise out of the same

incident, involve substantially the same parties, and involve common questions of law and fact. See

Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a). 

Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(a), Certain

Underwriters at Lloyd's of London v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, Case No. C 05-

2377, and DeNova Homes, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, et al., Case No. C 05-

4114, are CONSOLIDATED into Case No. C 05-2377 for all further pretrial proceedings before this

Court. Case No. C 05-2377 shall be the master file in which all further pleadings are filed. 

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United States District Court

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the parties in both actions shall appear for a telephonic

Case Management Conference on Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 2:30 p.m. The parties shall meet

and confer prior to the conference and shall prepare a joint Case Management Conference Statement

which shall be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the Case Management Conference. Counsel for

Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London shall be responsible for filing the statement as well as for

arranging the conference call. All parties shall be on the line and shall call (510) 637-3559 at the above

indicated date and time. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

 Dated: 1/3/06 SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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