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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN ADMIRALTY 11 12 IN RE: COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF No. 2:17-cv-00653-KJM-DAP

WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC., AS

| OWNER OF A CERTAIN 2004 YAMAHA ORDER 14 WAVERUNNER FX 140 FOR

EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION

15 OF LIABILITY, 16 MARIAN LATASHA WILLIS, on behalf of the Estate of RAESHON WILLIAMS, 17 18 Respondent/Counter Claimant

19 Vv. 20 WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC. 2] Petitioner/Counter Defendant 22 WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC. 23 Petitioner, Counter Defendant, and Third-party Plaintiff, 24 Vv. 25

THOMAS SMITH, KAI PETRICH,

BERKELY EXECUTIVES, INC., ZIP, INC.,

27 and DOES 1-10 28 Third-party Defendants

1 In this admiralty case, plaintiff Williams Sports Rentals, Inc. (WSR) asks the court to lift a 2 two year stay on federal proceedings and hold a concursus hearing to determine WSR’s liability 3 limit stemming from a jet ski accident. The court submitted the matter on the papers and now 4 grants the motion to lift the federal stay and stays all…