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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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Parties’ Stipulation to Vacate Hearing and Stay Proceedings for Sixty Days 15-cv-01052-VC

John C. Hendricks, State Bar No. 198973

jhendricks@meagher.com

MEAGHER & GEER, P.L.L.P.

8800 N. Gainey Center Drive, Suite 261

Scottsdale, AZ 85258

480/607-9719

Fax: 480/607-9780

Attorneys for Defendant Federated Mutual 

Insurance Co.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

Safeway, Inc.

Plaintiff,

vs.

Federated Mutual Insurance Company; and 

Does 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

Case No: 15-cv-01052-VC

Hearing noticed for Apr. 30, 2015 at 10:00 am

PARTIES’ STIPULATION TO VACATE 

HEARING AND STAY PROCEEDINGS FOR 

SIXTY DAYS AND ORDER AS MODIFIED

(EXPEDITED DECISION REQUESTED)

Pursuant to L.R. Civ. 6-2 and 7-12 (N.D. Cal. 2015) and this Court’s Civil Standing Order ¶ 

7, the parties stipulate and agree to vacate the hearing currently noticed for April 30th at 10:00 a.m., 

and that this matter be stayed for approximately sixty days. The hearing may be rescheduled after 

July 8, 2015. By submitting this stipulation, Federated continues to appear only for a limited 

purpose, and expressly reserves its right to challenge personal jurisdiction as set forth in Defendant’s 

Rule 12(b)(2) Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction; Alternatively, to Transfer Venue 

or Stay Proceedings (“Motion to Dismiss”).

Good cause exists to vacate the hearing and stay this action for sixty days because the parties 

have agreed to make good faith efforts at prompt settlement and/or private conflict resolution before 

incurring the additional expense of hearing and argument on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. If 

these negotiations are successful, the parties may resolve all conflicts without taking more of this 

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Federated Mutual Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, or Stay 15-cv-0152-VC

Court’s time and other judicial resources. As the court may be aware from the pending Motion to 

Dismiss, another suit between Federated and Safeway is pending in the Northern District of Texas. 

The parties are concurrently requesting the court in the Northern District of Texas likewise stay that 

action for a sixty day period while the parties are pursuing settlement options. The parties agree to 

submit a joint report to this Court regarding the outcome of settlement negotiations and/or mediation 

on or before July 8, 2015, again without waiving Safeway’s objection to personal jurisdiction.

Under L.R. Civ. 6-2(a)(2), the parties disclose that the hearing date has been changed by the 

clerk twice: Once on March 16, [Doc. 13], and again on March 30, 2015. [Doc. 16] Neither 

extension was requested by the parties. The parties further indicate, pursuant to L.R. Civ. 6-2(a)(3),

that the requested stay will have minimal impact on scheduling issues in this matter, because the 

parties have not submitted a report under Rule 16, Fed. R. Civ. P., and this Court has not yet entered 

a scheduling order.

The parties respectfully request expedited decision on this matter, recognizing L.R. Civ. 6-

1(b) requires filing of a stipulation to change time no later than 14 days before a scheduled event. 

This request, however, is timely submitted under this Court’s Civil Order ¶ 7 (“Any motion to 

continue a hearing or case management conference must be made no later than 72 hours prior to the 

scheduled appearance.”).

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this day of April, 2015.

MEAGHER & GEER, P.L.L.P.

By: /s/ John C. Hendricks

John C. Hendricks

Attorneys for Defendants Federated 

Mutual Insurance Company

SELVIN WRAITH HALMAN LLP

By: /s/ John C. Hendricks, with permission, for

Gary Selvin

Attorneys for Plaintiff Safeway, Inc.

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Federated Mutual Insurance Company’s Motion to Dismiss, Transfer, or Stay 15-cv-0152-VC

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

THE COURT ORDERS SCHEDULES A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FOR 

JULY 21, 2015, AT 10:00 A.M. A JOINT CMC STATEMENT IS DUE JULY 14, 2015.

Date Hon. Vince Chhabria

April 27, 2015

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