Skalsky

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATIONWIDE INSURANCE No. 2:23-cv-01772-DAD-CSK

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’ v. MOTION TO DISMISS AND GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ ALTERNATIVE MOTION CHARLES SKALSKY, et al., TO STAY THIS CASE 15 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 8, 10) 16 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to stay this action filed by defendant Charles Skalsky on October 18, 2023, in which defendant Joan Manning joined the following day. (Doc. Nos. 8, 10.) On November 13, 2023, the pending motion was taken under submission on the papers pursuant to Local Rule 230(g). (Doc. No. 13.) For the reasons explained below, the court will deny defendants’ motion to dismiss and grant defendants’ alternative motion to stay. BACKGROUND On July 26, 2022, Joan Manning, a resident of Stockton, California, filed a tort lawsuit in the San Joaquin…