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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC., USCA NO. 19-72233 Plaintiff, No. 2:17-cv-00653-JAM-EFB v. MARIAN LATASHA WILLIS, U.S. DISTRICT COURT’S RESPONSE

TO NINTH CIRCUIT’S INVITATION

Defendant. TO COMMENT ON CLAIMANT MARIAN

WILLIS’S PETITION FOR A WRIT OF

MANDAMUS 18 In August 2016, Raeshon Williams drowned in South Lake Tahoe after falling off the back of a jet ski. Seven months later, Williams Sports Rentals (“WSR”)—the jet ski owner—filed a complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability in federal court. Compl. for Exoneration (“Compl.”), ECF No. 1. Pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act, this court enjoined all other proceedings “arising out of, consequent upon, or in connection with” the August 13, 2016 incident. Order Approving Stipulation of Value, ECF No. 11. 28 Williams’s mother, Marian Willis, filed (1) an answer to the complaint, ECF No. 16; (2) a motion to…