Interstate Fire & Casualty Company and National Surety Corporation v. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 INTERSTATE FIRE & CASUALTY Nos. 2:25-cv-02262 WBS (lead COMPANY AND NATIONAL SURETY case) CORPORATION, et al., 2:25-cv-02288 WBS Appellants, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:

APPELLEE’S MOTION TO DISMISS

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF APPEAL

SACRAMENTO,

17 Appellee.

19 ----oo0oo---- 20 Interstate Fire & Casualty Company and National Surety 21 Corporation and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London and 22 Certain London Market Insurance Companies (collectively, 23 “appellants”) have separately appealed the Bankruptcy Court’s 24 order granting relief from an automatic stay allowing several 25 state court actions to proceed against appellee Roman Catholic 26 Bishop of Sacramento. (Docket No. 1.) Appellee brought motions 27 to dismiss both appeals (Docket No. 26), which appellants opposed 28 (Docket No. 28; Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s v. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Sacramento, No. 2:25-cv-02288 WBS, ECF No.…