Ness

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 New York Marine and General Insurance No. 2:20-cv-00765-KJM-AC Company, ORDER B Plaintiff, v. Mike Ness, et al., Defendants. 17 18 This case is an insurance coverage dispute between New York Marine & General 20 Insurance Company and its insureds. The insureds, who are the defendants here, are also among the defendants in an underlying third-party action in California state court. They move to stay 22 this case until the underlying case concludes, to avoid prejudice they may suffer if factual disputes common to both cases are litigated at the same time. The court submitted the motion 24 without a hearing and grants it as explained below. 25 I. BACKGROUND Timothy Hildebrand says he was in the crowd at a punk rock concert when the band’s lead singer, Mike Ness, denounced political conservatism and President Trump. See Second Am. Compl. {| 26, Hildebrand…