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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 Northern District of California

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 Depositors are Samuel Henka, Joyce Simmons, Michael Simmons, Christopher Walsh, and

Maria Del Carmen Alonso.

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 Insurers are U.S. Fire Insurance Co., Continental Casualty Co., and Liberty Mutual

Insurance Co.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States Fire Insurance Company,

Plaintiff,

 v.

Vesta Strategies, LLC, et al.,

Defendants. /

NO. C 09-02388 JW 

ORDER VACATING HEARING ON

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: JOINDER

OF THIRD PARTIES AND STANDING TO

ASSERT CROSS-CLAIMS; TAKING

MATTER UNDER SUBMISSION

This case is scheduled for a hearing on April 19, 2010 on the Court’s Order to Show Cause

Re: Joinder of Third Parties and Standing to Assert Cross-Claims. (hereafter, “March 25, 2010

Order,” Docket Item No. 165.) In its March 25, 2010 Order, the Court ordered briefing on the

following two issues:

(1) Whether Depositors’ Cross-Complaint and Counter-Complaint improperly added

numerous parties and claims to this case.1

(2) Whether Depositors lacked standing to pursue their claims against Insurers in light of

the Court’s appointment of a receiver to stand in the shoes of Vesta Strategies, LLC

and Excalibur 1031 Group, LLC.2

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Upon review of the parties’ submissions in advance of the hearing, the Court finds the

briefing to inadequately address the issues presented. Thus, the Court finds that it needs additional

time to adequately analyze the issues it raised sua sponte.

Accordingly, the Court VACATES the April 19, 2010 hearing and takes the matter under

submission without oral argument.

Dated: April 15, 2010 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Andrew B. Downs andy.downs@bullivant.com

Becki F. Kieffer lisa.golden@troutmansanders.com

Charles Edward Wheeler cwheeler@cozen.com

Erik Fuehrer erik.fuehrer@dlapiper.com

Kevin Richard Martin kevin@pattonmartinsullivan.com

Michael Gerald Schwartz michael.schwartz@dlapiper.com

Patric J. Kelly pjkelly@ahk-law.com

Peter Roldan peter.roldan@bullivant.com

Peter Laurence Candy plcandy@hbsb.com

Robert Louis Brace rlbrace@hbsb.com

Shawn Robert Parr shawn@parrlawgroup.com

Dated: April 15, 2010 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/ JW Chambers 

Elizabeth Garcia

Courtroom Deputy

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