Foster Poultry Farms v. Contractors Bonding and Ins. Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FOSTER POULTRY FARMS, No. 1:20-cv-01628-DAD-SKO Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
CONTRACTORS BONDING AND INSURANCE COMPANY, (Doc. No. 8) 15 Defendant.
17 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss filed by defendant on January 29, 2021. (Doc. No. 8.) Pursuant to General Order No. 617 addressing the public health emergency posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, defendant’s motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 11.) For the reasons explained below, the court will deny the pending motion to dismiss.1 23 The undersigned apologizes for the excessive delay in the issuance of this order. This court’s overwhelming caseload has been well publicized and the long-standing lack of judicial resources in this district long-ago reached crisis proportion. That situation has now been partially addressed 25 by the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of a new district judge for this court on December 17,…