American General Life Insurance Company v. Blake

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: January 27, 2021
• Docket: 2:20-cv-00867
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 * * *

7 AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE Case No. 2:20-CV-867 JCM (VCF) COMPANY, 8 ORDER Plaintiff(s), 9 v. 10 MICHAEL BLAKE, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12

13 Presently before the court is pro se litigant Michael Blake’s motion to extend the 14 deadline to respond to Wanda Hensley’s motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 58). 15 This is an interpleader action by American General Life Insurance Company against 16 Michael Blake and Wanda Hensley. (ECF No. 1). Hensley filed a motion for summary 17 judgment on January 15, 2021, triggering a response deadline of February 5, 2021. (ECF 18 No. 56). On the same day, the court issued a minute order notifying Blake of his rights and 19 requirements for opposing summary judgment pursuant to Klingele v. Eikenberry, 849 F.2d 20 409 (9th Cir. 1988), and Rand v. Rowland, 154 F.3d 952 (9th Cir. 1998). 21 Blake now moves for an extension of the response deadline. (ECF No. 58). He notes 22 that he does not have a “filer” account in CM-ECF and does not receive electronic 23 notifications. (Id.). He first learned of the response deadline by checking PACER on 24 January 25, 2021. (Id.). 25 With good cause appearing, Blake’s motion to extend the response deadline is 26 GRANTED. He shall have until February 8, 2021, to file a response to Hensley’s summary 27 28 1 | judgment motion. Hensley shall then have 14 days to file a reply. The court also directs 2| Blake to review local rules 56-1 and 7-3(a) when preparing his response. 3 Going forward, all parties shall serve pleadings, motions, and other papers on Blake 4| via the email address he has on file. LR IC 4-1 (“Parties and attorneys who are not filers 5 | must be served conventionally under applicable Federal Rules, statutes, or court orders.”’). 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 DATED January 27, 2021. 8 btw ©. Atabian 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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