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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, 

a Delaware Corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ENERGETIC LATH & PLASTER, INC., a 

California Corporation; ENERGETIC 

PAINTING AND DRYWALL, INC., a 

California Corporation; ROBERT CIMINI, 

an individual; and DOES 1 through 20, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-00861-KJM-EFB 

ORDER 

AND RELATED CLAIMS 

On January 25, 2016, the court vacated the pretrial scheduling conference 

previously set for February 18, 2016, and reset it for May 12, 2016, in light of the then-pending 

motions to dismiss and for summary judgment. ECF No. 68. Having now resolved those 

motions, the court ADVANCES the status conference to Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 2:30 

p.m. for reasons explained below. 

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 16 provides the court can “order the attorneys . . . 

to appear for one or more pretrial conferences” for case management, efficiency, and facilitation 

of settlement. Fed.R.Civ.P. 16(a); see also E.D. Cal. L.R. 240(a). In this instance the court finds 

a status conference in the near future will further effective case management and promote 

efficiency prior to the filing of any further motions by the parties. 

Among other reasons for advancing scheduling, the court notes that the meet-andconfer efforts and reporting on those efforts required by the court’s standing order, ECF No. 3-1, 

do not appear to have been satisfied prior to the filing of motions in this case to date. See, e.g.,

ECF No. 57-1 at 2 (mere representation that meet-and-confer occurred, without meaningful 

detail). The court also requires counsel to “resolve minor procedural or other non-substantive 

matters” in the course of meeting and conferring. Id. The parties appear not to have worked 

together to satisfy this requirement either. See, e.g., ECF Nos. 55, 62, 71, 78, 97. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED the pretrial scheduling conference is 

ADVANCED to Thursday, March 31, 2016 and parties are ORDERED to file a joint status 

report as required by this court, following meaningful meet and confer as also required, by the 

close of business on Monday, March 28, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 3, 2016. 

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