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Parties Involved:
Centex Homes
Defendant
Newmeyer & Dillion, LLP
Defendant
RGL Forensics
Defendant
RGL Inc.
Defendant
Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut
Plaintiff

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3:13-cv-00088-CRB

JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

Scott S. Thomas, Bar No. 106720 

sst@paynefears.com 

J. Kelby Van Patten, Bar No. 167553 

kvp@paynefears.com 

Jeffrey M. Hayes, Bar No. 246511 

jmh@paynefears.com 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

Attorneys at Law 

Jamboree Center, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100 

Irvine, California 92614 

Telephone: (949) 851-1100 

Facsimile: (949) 851-1212 

Attorneys for CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; 

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California limited liability partnership 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF 

CONNECTICUT, a Connecticut corporation, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CENTEX HOMES, a Nevada partnership; 

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP, a California 

limited liability partnership; RGL INC., a 

California corporation, dba RGL 

FORENSICS; and DOES 1 through 10, 

inclusive, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:13-cv-00088-CRB 

[Consolidated with Case No. 3:12-cv-00371-

CRB] 

Honorable Charles R. Breyer 

JOINT STATUS UPDATE AND 

 ORDER 

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

On April 25, 2016, Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut (“Travelers”), Centex 

Homes (“Centex”) and Newmeyer & Dillion (“Newmeyer”) stipulated to stay this case. (Docket 

No. 97.) RGL, Inc. (“RGL”) did not request the stay, but did not object to the stay requested by 

Travelers, Centex and Newmeyer (the “Parties”). The Parties entered the stipulation to stay in 

order to facilitate settlement negotiations for the dozens of cases pending between them in 

California state and federal courts. 

The Court signed the stipulation, and entered the stay, on April 28, 2016. (Docket No. 98.) 

The Court’s order requested that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than May 24, 

2016, following the conclusion of an MSC that was to be held before the Honorable John A. 

Kronstadt of the Central District of California to discuss a global resolution of the cases pending 

between the Parties. 

During the course of the May 10, 2016, MSC, the Parties reached a tentative settlement as 

to most of the cases pending between them; however, the Parties did not discuss this particular 

case. Instead, the Parties agreed to hold a mediation on May 31, 2016, before a neutral in Nevada 

in order to continue settlement discussions about the cases that remain pending between them. 

The Parties request the Court leave the stay in place and they further propose that the Court 

enter an order requiring the Parties to submit another joint status report no later than June 15, 

2016, indicating whether a continued stay is warranted or whether the stay should be lifted. 

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JOINT STATUS UPDATE 

PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

DATED: May 24, 2016 PAYNE & FEARS LLP

By: /s/ Jeffrey M. Hayes 

J. KELBY VAN PATTEN 

JEFFREY M. HAYES 

Attorneys for Centex Homes and Newmeyer & 

Dillion, LLP 

DATED: May 24, 2016 THE AGUILERA LAW GROUP, APLC 

By: /s/ Rebecca Hunter 

A. ERIC AGUILERA, ESQ. 

RAYMOND E. BROWN, ESQ. 

REBECCA HUNTER, ESQ. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

DATED: May 24, 2016 ERICKSEN ARBUTHNOT 

By: /s/ Andrew P. Sclar 

ANDREW P. SCLAR 

Attorneys for RGL, Inc. 

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PAYNE & FEARS LLP 

ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

JAMBOREE CENTER, 4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 1100 

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614 

(949) 851-1100 

ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS ORDERED that this case will remain stayed 

for all purposes.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Parties submit a joint status update no later than 

June 16, 2016, following the conclusion of the mediation that will be held on May 31, 2016, 

before a neutral in Nevada. 

Dated: May 31, 2016

Hon. Charles R. Breyer 

Judge, United States District Court

4825-3863-6338.1 

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