Willis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN RE: COMPLAINT AND PETITION OF No. 2:17-cv-00653-KJM-JDP

WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC., AS

OWNER OF A CERTAIN 2004 YAMAHA ORDER WAVERUNNER FX 140 FOR

EXONERATION FROM OR LIMITATION

OF LIABILITY, MARIAN LATASHA WILLIS, on behalf of the Estate of RAESHON WILLIAMS, 16 Respondent/Counter Claimant, v. WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC. Petitioner/Counter Defendant

WILLIAMS SPORTS RENTALS, INC.

Petitioner, Counter Defendant, and Third-party Plaintiff, 22 v. 23 THOMAS SMITH, KAI PETRICH,

BERKELY EXECUTIVES, INC., ZIP, INC.,

and DOES 1-10 Third-party Defendants.

Respondent Willis moves this court to stay all further proceedings pending an appeal of this court’s prior order. For the reasons below, the court denies the motion to stay. I. BACKGROUND The previously assigned district judge detailed the facts and procedural history of this case in a prior order. See Prior Order (July 27, 2020), ECF No. 113. There, the court found…