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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCIA STARR-GORDON,

NO. CIV. S-03-68 LKK/GGH

Plaintiff,

v.

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE O R D E R

INSURANCE COMPANY, a

Massachusetts corporation,

Defendant.

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Pending before the court is defendant’s motion for summary

adjudication, which was scheduled for hearing on the court’s

July 18, 2005 Law and Motion calendar. The court has stayed the

entire matter pending the California Supreme Court’s decision in

Californians for Disability Rights v. Mervyns LLC, S131798,

although the parties were allowed to continue with pending

discovery. 

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1 The court has contacted the Clerk's Office of the

California Supreme Court and the earliest that Mervyns may be heard

is in April 2006. The Supreme Court has ninety days from oral

argument to issue their decision. If appropriate, defendant may

refile or renotice the motion for summary adjudication at a later

date. 

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Because the Supreme Court has yet to rule on Mervyns, the

court hereby DENIES defendant’s motion for summary adjudication

without prejudice.1

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 22, 2006.

/s/Lawrence K. Karlton 

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON

SENIOR JUDGE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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