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Parties Involved:
Ellison Framing, Inc.
Plaintiff
Zurich American Insurance Company
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELLISON FRAMING, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE 

COMPANY, 

Defendant. 

No. CIV. S-11-0122 LKK/DAD 

ORDER 

On August 23, 2013, plaintiff Ellison Framing, Inc. filed 

apparently-identical complaints against defendant Zurich American 

Insurance Company in two separate actions in the Eastern District 

of California. One is before this court (No. 11-cv-122-LKK-DAD, 

ECF No. 24); the other is before the Hon. John A. Mendez (No. 13-

cv-1761-JAM-AC, ECF No. 1). Judge Mendez issued an order to show 

cause as to why the latter case should not be dismissed as 

duplicative; after reviewing plaintiff’s response, he ultimately 

issued an order declining to so dismiss. (No. 13-cv-1761-JAM-AC, 

ECF Nos. 6-8.) 

 Now pending before this court are the following: 

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 Defendant’s Notice of Related Cases. (ECF No. 25.) 

 Defendant’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s August 23, 

2013 Complaint and Enforce the April 4, 2011 Order 

Staying Action and Compelling Arbitration, currently 

set for hearing on October 21, 2013. (ECF No. 26.) 

 Defendant’s Motion to Reassign and Consolidate Cases, 

currently set for hearing on November 4, 2013. (ECF 

No. 27) 

Having reviewed defendant’s filings to date, it appears that 

these motions address closely-related issues, and should 

therefore be considered together. Accordingly, the court hereby 

orders as follows: 

[1] The hearing on defendant’s Motion to Strike Plaintiff’s 

August 23, 2013 Complaint and Enforce the April 4, 2011 

Order Staying Action and Compelling Arbitration is CONTINUED 

until December 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. Briefing deadlines for 

this motion are unchanged, so that plaintiff’s opposition 

will be due on October 7, 2013, and defendant’s reply, if 

any, will be due on October 14, 2013. 

[2] The hearing on defendant’s Motion to Reassign and 

Consolidate is also CONTINUED until December 9, 2013 at 

10:00 a.m. Briefing deadlines for this motion are unchanged, 

so that plaintiff’s opposition will be due on October 21, 

2013, and defendant’s reply, if any, will be due on October 

28, 2013. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: September 30, 2013. 

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