CA Dept. of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC No. 2:14-cv-00595 WBS EFB SUBSTANCES CONTROL, et al., 13 Plaintiff, ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO SET v. ASIDE DEFAULT 15 JIM DOBBAS, INC., a California corporation, et al., Defendant. 18 ----oo0oo---- When the Ninth Circuit reversed this court’s order denying the insurers’ motions to intervene, the panel remanded the matter to this court with instructions to reconsider its denial of the motions to set aside the clerk’s default of their insured, Collins & Aikman Products, LLC (“C&A Products”). See Cal. Dep’t of Toxic Substances Control v. Jim Dobbas, Inc., 54 F.4th 1078 (9th Cir. 2022). The court does so now, and for the reasons discussed below concludes that the motions to set aside the default must now be granted. In its Order of October 22, 2019 (Docket No. 221), this court denied Travelers’ motion to vacate…