Pederson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF Case No. 1:24-cv-01299-CDB

AMERICA,

ORDER SETTING ASIDE DEFAULT AS TO Plaintiff, DEFENDANT JAMES PEDERSON 13 v. (Docs. 30, 31)

JAMES PEDERSON,

15 Defendant. 16

Plaintiff Safeco Insurance Company of America (“Plaintiff”) initiated this action with the filing

of a complaint on October 24, 2024, against Defendants James Pederson and Flyers Energy, LLC, as well as pseudonymous Defendant Jane Doe. (Doc. 1). Upon stipulated requests, the latter two Defendants were dismissed. (Docs. 21-24). Plaintiff filed proof of service of the summons and complaint on Defendant Pederson on November 14, 2024. (Doc. 7). On January 6, 2025, the Court granted the parties’ stipulated request to extend Pederson’s deadline to respond. (Docs. 11, 12). The parties represented that Pederson needed additional time to obtain counsel. (Doc. 11). On January 22, 2025, the Court granted the parties’ second stipulated request to extend. …