Bailey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTINE L. BAILEY, No. 2:15-cv-01725-TLN-DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER MICHAEL J. MacFARLAND; THE PUBLIC GROUP, LLC, a Utah Limited Liability Company; and DOES 1–20, inclusive, 16 Defendants.

18 This matter is before the Court on remand from the Ninth Circuit regarding Plaintiff Christine Bailey’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Substitute Deceased Party. (ECF No. 41.) This Court previously declined to address Plaintiff’s motion, which it determined was moot in light of the Court’s dismissal of the action for lack of personal jurisdiction. (See ECF Nos. 57, 60.) The Ninth Circuit stayed proceedings in the pending appeal and remanded the matter to this Court for the limited purpose of resolving the substitution issue. (ECF No. 64.) After carefully considering the Ninth Circuit’s instructions and the parties’ arguments, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion. /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Plaintiff married…