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Parties Involved:
Kinsale Insurance Company
Defendant
New York Marine and General Insurance Company
Plaintiff
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Plaintiff
TRC Cypress Group, LLC
Unknown
TRC Operating Company, Inc.
Unknown

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE 

INSURANCE COMPANY, NEW YORK 

MARINE AND GENERAL 

INSURANCE COMPANY,

Plaintiffs,

v.

KINSALE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant.

TRC OPERATING COMPANY, INC., 

TRC CYPRESS GROUP, LLC.,

 Real Parties in Interest.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00967-JLT-CDB

ORDER ON SECOND STIPULATION 

EXTENDING LIMITED DISCOVERY 

AND DISPOSITIVE MOTION BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE

(Doc. 78) 

This action was initiated with Plaintiffs’ filing of a complaint on July 10, 2020. (Doc. 1).

Following a lengthy stay in deference to a pending, related state court action (see Docs. 

23, 24), on March 10, 2023, the court granted in part Plaintiffs’ motions to lift the stay. (Doc. 

65). In addition, the Court ordered the parties to file a joint report proposing a discovery and 

briefing schedule on the limited questions as to whether and the extent to which Defendant owes 

a duty to defend the Real Parties in Interest. Id. at 7.

Following its receipt of the parties’ joint report, on March 27, 2023, the Court issued a 

scheduling order that governs the limited discovery and dispositive motions related to the duty to 

defend issue. (Docs. 66, 67). On June 30, 2023, the Court granted the parties’ request to extend 

the operative case management dates to facilitate the parties’ pursuit of a scheduled mediation. 

(Docs. 70, 71). 

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Pending before the Court is the parties’ second stipulated request to extend the operative 

case management dates, including to facilitate continued discovery if necessary and to expand the 

dispositive motion briefing schedule. (Doc. 78). In short, the parties propose to suspend noticed

depositions and proceed directly to filing partial summary judgment motions relating solely to the 

question of whether Kinsale has a duty to defend (“Phase 1”). (Doc. 78-1 p. 2). Thereafter, if the 

Court finds that such a duty does exist, the Court shall require the parties to file a joint report 

proposing a discovery and briefing schedule for motions addressing the disputed allocation issues 

as well as any motion filed by Defendant seeking to terminate its duty to defend (“Phase 2”). Id.

Although not expressly represented or acknowledged by the parties in their stipulation, it 

appears their proposal is motivated by an interest to conserve resources – to wit, in the event the 

Court finds Defendant has no duty to defend, the parties likely will have no need to engage in 

further discovery (including, presumably, the noticed depositions the parties seek to suspend).

For good cause shown, the Court ORDERS that the operative case management dates be

extended as follows:

1. The deadline to complete depositions and to file discovery-related motions is 

VACATED.

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2. The deadline to meet and confer to discuss the topics set forth in Paragraph D(1) of the 

parties’ joint report (Doc. 66 p. 3) is extended from November 10, 2023, to December 8, 

2023. 

3. The deadline to file a joint statement of undisputed material facts is extended from 

November 17, 2023, to December 15, 2023.

4. The deadline to file the Phase 1 dispositive motions is extended from December 8, 2023, 

to January 8, 2024.

5. Any oppositions to the Phase 1 dispositive motions shall be filed within 21 days after the 

1 The parties’ present request to vacate the deadline to complete depositions is untimely 

insofar as it was filed the day after the deadline expired. Compare (Doc. 71) to (Doc. 78). In the 

event the parties seek to take depositions in connection with any Phase 2 motions, they are 

required to make a showing of good cause in a stipulated request or motion seeking such relief 

that shall address among other things the efforts they undertook to conduct depositions between 

March 27, 2023, and the October 27 deadline.

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Phase 1 dispositive motion is filed, and in all events no later than January 29, 2024.

6. Any reply brief shall be filed within 14 days after the filing of the opposition, and in all 

events no event later than February 9, 2024. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 31, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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