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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, and 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 SETTING LIMITED 

DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITIVE 

MOTION BRIEFING SCHEDULE

(ECF No. 66)

On March 10, 2023, the Court issued an Order Granting in Part Plaintiffs’ Motions to 

Lift Stay. (ECF No. 65). In addition, the Court ordered the parties to file a joint report 

proposing a schedule to take and complete discovery on the limited question as to whether ad 

the extent to which Defendant owes a duty to defend the Real Parties in Interest. (Id. at 7).

Pending before the Court is the parties’ joint report, filed March 24, 2023 (ECF No. 

66), in which the parties agree that two issues will be the subject of the limited discovery and 

dispositive motions for which the previously entered stay has been lifted. The first issue is 

whether Defendant owes a duty to defend under the insurance policy issued to the Real Parties 

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in Interest in the case TRC Operating Co., et al., v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Case No. S-1500-CV282520 DRL. To the extent Defendant does owe the Real Parties in Interest a duty to defend, 

the second issue subject to anticipated discovery is the allocation of the defense fees between 

Defendant and Plaintiffs. 

Based on the parties’ representations in their joint report, it is HEREBY ORDERED 

that the following schedule will govern limited discovery and dispositive motions on the two 

issues outlined above:

Discovery Schedule:

1. The parties shall submit written discovery and subpoenas to third parties by June 25,

2023.

2. The parties shall complete depositions by July 25, 2023.

3. All discovery-related motions shall be filed by July 25, 2023.

Briefing Schedule:

1. The parties shall meet and confer no later than August 8, 2023, to discuss the topics 

set forth in Paragraph D(1) of the joint report. (ECF No. 66, p. 3). 

2. No later than August 15, 2023, the parties shall file a joint statement of undisputed 

material facts.

3. The parties shall file any dispositive motions no later than September 7, 2023.

4. Any opposition to a dispositive motion shall be filed within 21 days from the date that 

the dispositive motion was filed, and in no event later than September 28, 2023.

5. Any reply shall be filed within 14 days of the opposition filing, and in no event later 

than October 12, 2023. 

Alternatively, the parties may file an earlier partial summary judgment motion solely on 

the issue of whether Defendant owes a duty to defend. If the Court rules that Defendant owes a 

duty to defend, the parties shall meet and confer and, upon mutual agreement, may mediate the 

issue of allocation. Before any partial summary judgment motion solely on the existence of a

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duty to defend is filed, the parties shall meet and confer and file a stipulation setting forth a 

briefing schedule and hearing date for the partial summary judgment motion.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 27, 2023 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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