Westport Insurance Corporation v. The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 WESTPORT INSURANCE Case No. 25-cv-09314-WHO

CORPORATION,

8 Plaintiffs, ORDER WITHDRAWING 9 REFERENCE v. 10 Re: Dkt. Nos. 6, 26

THE OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF

11 UNSECURED CREDITORS OF THE

ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF

12 SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant. 13 14 15 Westport Insurance Corporation (“Westport”) brought a declaratory relief action in the 16 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California (the “Bankruptcy Court”) 17 against debtor the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco (“RCASF”), seeking to clarify 18 whether Westport has any obligation under its insurance policy to defend or indemnify the 19 RCASF in its ongoing sexual abuse court actions. Westport now seeks to withdraw the insurance 20 coverage dispute from the Bankruptcy Court to this court under 28 U.S.C. § 157(d). For the 21 reasons described below, Westport’s motion to withdraw reference is GRANTED. 22 BACKGROUND 23 …