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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Declaratory Judgement

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATIONWIDE INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA AND AMCO 

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ELISET GOMEZ,

Defendant.

No. 2:16-CV-01114-MCE-CKD

AMENDED ORDER

On October 19, 2016, Plaintiffs NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANY and 

AMCO INSURANCE COMPANY and Defendant ELISET GOMEZ filed a Joint Rule 26(f) 

Report outlining their intended discovery plan. ECF No. 19. In that plan, the parties 

request postponement of initial disclosures and a stay of discovery pending the Court’s 

ruling on anticipated cross-motions for summary judgment. Depending on the outcome 

of those motions, the case may be disposed of entirely, or the issues may be 

substantially narrowed. The parties represent that motions for summary judgment will be 

based “primarily if not entirely on stipulated facts, and without the need for any 

discovery.” 

The Court agrees that it would be more efficient to stay all discovery until the 

cross-motions for summary judgment can be ruled on. Based on the parties’ Joint Rule 

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26(f) Report, and good cause having been shown to amend the Initial Pretrial 

Scheduling Order (ECF No. 4), the Court hereby orders that all discovery be stayed 

pending a ruling on the parties’ anticipated cross-motions for summary judgment. If such 

a ruling does not dispose of the case entirely, the stay shall automatically be lifted and 

the parties shall make initial disclosures under Rule 26 within fourteen (14) days of the 

date the Order on the cross-motions is electronically filed, and shall complete fact 

discovery within six (6) months of the date the Order is electronically filed. 

The parties are further ordered to file a Joint Notice of Trial Readiness not later 

than 90 days from the close of fact discovery. The parties are to set forth in their Notice 

of Trial Readiness, the appropriateness of special procedures, whether this case is 

related to any other case(s) on file in the Eastern District of California, the prospect for 

settlement, their estimated trial length, any request for a jury, and their availability for 

trial. After review of the parties' Joint Notice of Trial Readiness, the Court will issue an 

order that sets forth a date for a final pretrial conference and trial.

Because the parties did not provide a projected date by which they expect 

to file cross-motions for summary judgment, they are hereby directed to file any 

such dispositive motions on or before February 13, 2017. 

All other procedures, dates, and deadlines set forth in the Initial Pretrial 

Scheduling Order (ECF No. 4) are to remain unchanged by this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 10, 2016

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