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Nature of Suit Code: 896
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Arbitration
Cause of Action: 9:9 Motion to Confirm Arbitration Loan

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SABAWOON SALIM CONSTRUCTION 

CO.,

Plaintiff,

v.

ECC INTERNATIONAL LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-04362-EMC 

ORDER RE LIBERTY MUTUAL’S 

MOTION FOR HEARING ON THIRD 

PARTY CLAIM

Docket No. 40

On March 22, 2016, Third Party Claimant Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty 

Mutual) filed a motion for a hearing on its third party claim pursuant to California Code of Civil 

Procedure section 720.310. Docket No. 40. The Court then requested supplemental briefing on 

the applicability of section 720.310 in the federal courts. Docket No. 43.

Having reviewed the papers, the Court finds that there is good cause to set a hearing more 

than 20 days after the filing of Liberty Mutual’s third party claim, as Liberty Mutual and Petitioner 

Sabawoon Salim Construction Company (SSCC) are in the process of conducting discovery on 

Liberty Mutual’s claim (with production expected in mid-April 2016). Docket No. 44 at 7. Once 

discovery is completed, Liberty Mutual may file a noticed motion per Civil Local Rule 7-2, with a 

hearing set out at least 35 days after filing of the motion. If the parties find that an evidentiary 

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hearing is required, they may so inform the Court; otherwise, the Court will decide the matter 

based on the papers and arguments at hearing.

This order disposes of Docket No. 40.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 7, 2016

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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