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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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USDC CASE NO. 16-CV-06056-WHO

STIPULATION RE BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND ARGUMENT ON PENDING 

MOTIONS AND ORDER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES AND THEIR 

RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that plaintiff Northfield Insurance Company (“Northfield” or 

“Plaintiff”) and defendants Civic Center Hotel, LLC (“CCH”), Balwantsinh “Bill” Thakor

(“Thakor”), and U.A. Local 38 Pension Trust Fund (“Local 38”) (collectively, the “Defendants”), 

(together the “Parties”), have agreed to the following briefing schedule for the Parties’ pending 

motions. 

This stipulation is entered into by the Parties by and through their respective counsel of 

record.

FACTUAL RECITALS

This stipulation is entered into in reference to the following facts:

1. Northfield has moved for partial summary judgment [ECF No. 23] with a briefing 

schedule by court order [ECF No. 36]. The hearing is currently set for February 8, 2017 at 2:00 

p.m. 

NORTHFIELD INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

CIVIC CENTER HOTEL, LLC; 

BALWANTSINH “BILL” THAKOR, an 

individual; and U.A. LOCAL 38 

PENSION TRUST FUND,

Defendants.

CASE NO. 16-CV-06056-WHO

STIPULATION RE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE AND ORAL ARGUMENT 

FOR ALL PENDING MOTIONS AND 

ORDER 

[LOCAL R. 6-2] 

CTRM: 2

JUDGE: HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK

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2. Local 38 has moved to dismiss or stay Northfield’s complaint [ECF No. 26] with a 

briefing schedule by court order [ECF No. 36]. CCH and Thakor joined in this motion to dismiss or 

stay [ECF No. 29]. The hearing is currently set for February 8, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

3. CCH and Thakor have cross-moved for partial summary judgment based on lack of 

notice of the addition of a “Habitability of Premise” exclusion in the 2014-2015 Northfield policy 

[ECF No. 50]. No hearing is currently set for this motion. See ECF No. 54 (denying truncated 

briefing schedule). 

4. The Case Management Conference is currently set to take place on February 8, 2017, 

at the same time as the hearing on the above-referenced motions. ECF No. 40. The Parties’ Case 

Management Statement is currently due on February 1, 2017. Id.

5. The Defendants wish to have both of their motions heard on the same date as 

Northfield’s motion for the convenience of the Parties and the Court and because all parties are 

hoping to receive a decision from the Court prior to an April 3, 2017 mediation, if possible. 

6. For the convenience of the Court and the Parties, the Parties also wish to have the 

Case Management Conference continued to March 1, 2017, to take place at the same date and time 

that the above-referenced motions are heard.

STIPULATION

Based on the foregoing, the Parties therefore stipulate and request the Court adopt the 

following briefing schedule for CCH’s motion for summary judgment: 

• Any opposition to CCH’s motion for partial summary judgment shall be filed and 

served on or before February 13, 2017 through the Court’s ECF filing system; 

• Any replies to CCH’s motion for partial summary judgment shall be filed and 

served on or before February 20, 2017 through the Court’s ECF filing system; and

• Oral argument on all pending motions – (1) Northfield’s motion for partial 

summary judgment, (2) Local 38’s motion to dismiss or stay, and (3) CCH’s motion for partial 

summary judgment shall be heard on March 1, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. 

• The Parties also stipulate, and respectfully request, that the Case Management 

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Conference be continued from February 8, 2017 to March 1, 2017. The Parties also stipulate and 

request that the Case Management Statement deadline be continued from February 1, 2017 to 

February 22, 2017. 

The Parties further agree as follows:

• The Parties will obtain and share with one another all relevant disclosures 

regarding the Habitability of Premises exclusion endorsement, including without limitation, 

information in the possession of Coastal Brokers Insurance Services, Inc. (Northfield’s wholesale, 

surplus-lines broker) and Pro-Am Insurance Agency, Inc.(the insureds’ broker), as well as any 

documents received by any of the insureds or their brokers regarding renewal or citing or referring 

to the habitability exclusion in any way, if any. The Parties are to produce said documents no later 

than February 3, 2017, as a partial Rule 26 disclosure for authentication/admissibility purposes. If 

the above referenced documents are not available for production on or before February 9, 2017, 

the Parties agree to meet and confer regarding the timing of Northfield’s opposition to CCH’s 

motion for summary judgment.

• Northfield will not take Mr. Thakor’s deposition prior to the hearing on the Parties’ 

respective motions for summary judgment and will limit discovery relating to Defendants’ 

pending motions to the issue of notice provided to the insureds and their broker; and 

• All Parties agree to defer any other Rule 26 production as may be called for prior to 

March 1, 2017, with the idea that the results of these hearings may narrow and refine the issues.

SO STIPULATED.

DATED: January 26, 2017 BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP

By: /s/ James P. Baker 

James P. Baker

Emily L. Garcia

Attorneys for Defendant

U.A. LOCAL 38 PENSION TRUST FUND

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DATED: January 26, 2017 HANSON BRIDGETT LLP

By: /s/ Alexander J. Berline 

Alexander J. Berline

Kaylen Kadotani 

Attorneys for Defendants

CIVIC CENTER HOTEL, LLC and 

BALWANTSINH “BILL” THAKOR

DATED: January 26, 2017 SEDGWICK LLP

By: /s/ Alexander E. Potente 

Alexander E. Potente 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

NORTHFILED INSURANCE COMPANY

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________ ____________________________________________ 

 HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

ATTESTATION CERTIFICATE

In accordance with the Northern District of California’s Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that 

concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from each of the other signatories 

who are listed on the signature page. 

Dated: January 26, 2017 

/s/ Alexander E. Potente 

Alexander E. Potente 

SEDGWICK LLP

333 Bush Street, 30th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94104 

Telephone: (415) 781-7900 

Facsimile: (877) 547-2780 

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