Laura Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LAURA CYR, an individual, No. 2:23-cv-06286-DSF-RAO Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

v. CONSOLIDATION WITH CASE

NO. 2:23-CV-06257-DSF-RAO,

RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE CYR V. RELIANCE STANDARD

INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation; SUSAN STICKLER, an individual, Defendants.

Plaintiff Laura Cyr filed a lawsuit against Defendants Reliance Standard and Susan Stickler in the Superior Court of California alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. Notice of Removal Ex. 1, Cyr v. Reliance Standard, No. 2:23-cv-06257 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 2, 2023), Dkt. 1 (tort case). Defendants removed the tort case on August 2, 2023. Id. at 1. On the same day, Cyr filed this ERISA action against the same Defendants in the Central District, see Dkt. 1, noting that the tort case was a related case, see Dkt. 6. Defendants moved to dismiss the tort case, arguing ERISA preemption. Motion to Dismiss, Cyr v. Reliance Standard, No. 2:23-cv-06257 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 21, 2023), Dkt. 12. On September 22, 2023, this Court ordered the transfer of the present case as related to the tort case. “If…