State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Jeremy Hudson, an individual; Kofi Thomas, an individual; Michael Simon, an individual; Paul Paulsen, an individual; Austin Wise, an individual; David Danny Spivak, an individual; James Burbano, an individual; Wholesale Exotics, Inc., a Stock Corporation; Excluzayy Motorsports, a California Corporation; Thomas Classics, an Ohio Corporation; Does I through X, inclusive; and Roe Entities I through X, inclusive

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Jeremy Hudson, an individual; Kofi Thomas, an individual; Michael Simon, an individual; Paul Paulsen, an individual; Austin Wise, an individual; David Danny Spivak, an individual; James Burbano, an individual; Wholesale Exotics, Inc., a Stock Corporation; Excluzayy Motorsports, a California Corporation; Thomas Classics, an Ohio Corporation; Does I through X, inclusive; and Roe Entities I through X, inclusive

DecidedMarch 5, 2026

Docket2:22-cv-02123

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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Jeremy Hudson, an individual; Kofi Thomas, an individual; Michael Simon, an individual; Paul Paulsen, an individual; Austin Wise, an individual; David Danny Spivak, an individual; James Burbano, an individual; Wholesale Exotics, Inc., a Stock Corporation; Excluzayy Motorsports, a California Corporation; Thomas Classics, an Ohio Corporation; Does I through X, inclusive; and Roe Entities I through X, inclusive, (D. Nev. 2026).

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1 || TYLER J. WATSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11735 2 || CRYSTAL Y. CASE, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 14495 3 || SCHNITZER, JOHNSON & WATSON, CHTD. 8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 4 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 T: (702) 362-6666 5 || F: (702) 362-2203 E: tyjwatson@sjwlawfirm.com 6 || E: ccase@sjwlawfirm.com Counsel for State Farm 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE Case No.: 2:22-cv-02123-RFB-EJY INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 11 || Corporation, 12 Plaintiff, Sq 55 13 V.

14 | JEREMY HUDSON, an individual; KOFI [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 2 THOMAS, an individual; MICHAEL SIMON, | MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS an individual; PAUL PAULSEN, an STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE individual; AUSTIN WISE, an individual; INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS so || DAVID DANNY SPIVAK, an individual; WITHOUT PREJUDICE AGAINST wie JAMES BURBANO, an individual; DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) 8 17) WHOLESALE EXOTICS, INC., a Stock PAUL PAULSEN > Corporation; EXCLUZAYY 18 | MOTORSPORTS, a California Corporation; THOMAS CLASSICS, an Ohio Corporation; 19 | DOES I through X, inclusive; and ROE ENTITIES I through X, inclusive, 20 Defendants. 21 22 | JEREMY HUDSON, an individual, 23 Counterclaimant, 24 Vv. 25 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 26 || Corporation, DOES I through X; and ROE 57 CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive, Counter-Defendants 28

1 || JEREMY HUDSON, an individual, 2 Cross-Claimant, 3 v. || KOFI THOMAS, an individual; WHOLESALE EXOTICS, INC., a California 5 Corporation, THOMAS CLASSICS, an Ohio Corporation, JAMES BURBANO, an 6 || individual; DOES I through X; and ROE 4 CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive,

Cross-Defendants. 9 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS WITHOUT 10 PREJUDICE AGAINST DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) PAUL PAULSEN 11 THIS MATTER having come before the Court, after reviewing all pretrial proceedings in th S 12 || above-captioned matter; the Court being fully advised, pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(2) and Watson 33 13 || Clark, 716 F.Supp. 1354 (D. Nev. 1989), aff'd, 909 F.2d. 1490, and there being no potential plai 3 14 |! legal prejudice as a result of the dismissal shown; : 15 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Bae Ae 16 || Claims Against Defendants Austin Wise and Paul Paulsen are hereby DISMISSED WITHOU

3 17 || PREJUDICE.

20 RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 21 || Respectfully submitted by: 22 || SCHNITZER, JOHNSON & WATSON 23 |! /s/ Crystal Y_ Case, Esa. TYLER J. WATSON, ESQ. 24 |! Nevada Bar No. 11735 CRYSTAL Y. CASE, ESQ. 25 || Nevada Bar No. 14495 8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 Counsel for State Farm 27 28

1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on the 4" day of March, 2026, I served a true and correct copy of tl 3 || foregoing [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMIS 4 || STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS WITHOU 5 | PREJUDICE AGAINST DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) PAUL PAULSEN b 6 || submitting the document by United States First-Class Mail, postage pre-paid, addressed as follows: 7 || The following parties were served via US Mail and electronic mail Luis A. Ayon, Esq. 8 || Ayon Law 8716 Spanish Ridge Ave. #115 9 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Attorney for Defendant/Counterclaimant Jeremy Hudson 10 11 || The following parties were served via US Mail only Paul Paulsen 12 || 120 Tustin Ave. AQ Newport Beach, CA 92663 So 13 nr 14} Austin Wise 1841 Magnolia Ct. EZ 15 || Oceanside, CA 92054 BS 16 wie /s/ Priscilla Hoffman os 17 An emplovee of Schnitzer, Johnson & Watson aN “18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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1 || TYLER J. WATSON, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 11735 2 || CRYSTAL Y. CASE, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 14495 3 || SCHNITZER, JOHNSON & WATSON, CHTD. 8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 4 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 T: (702) 362-6666 5 || F: (702) 362-2203 E: tyjwatson@sjwlawfirm.com 6 || E: ccase@sjwlawfirm.com Counsel for State Farm 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 | STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE Case No.: 2:22-cv-02123-RFB-EJY INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 11 || Corporation, 12 Plaintiff, Sq 55 13 V.

14 | JEREMY HUDSON, an individual; KOFI [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 2 THOMAS, an individual; MICHAEL SIMON, | MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS an individual; PAUL PAULSEN, an STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE individual; AUSTIN WISE, an individual; INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS so || DAVID DANNY SPIVAK, an individual; WITHOUT PREJUDICE AGAINST wie JAMES BURBANO, an individual; DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) 8 17) WHOLESALE EXOTICS, INC., a Stock PAUL PAULSEN > Corporation; EXCLUZAYY 18 | MOTORSPORTS, a California Corporation; THOMAS CLASSICS, an Ohio Corporation; 19 | DOES I through X, inclusive; and ROE ENTITIES I through X, inclusive, 20 Defendants. 21 22 | JEREMY HUDSON, an individual, 23 Counterclaimant, 24 Vv. 25 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Illinois 26 || Corporation, DOES I through X; and ROE 57 CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive, Counter-Defendants 28

1 || JEREMY HUDSON, an individual, 2 Cross-Claimant, 3 v. || KOFI THOMAS, an individual; WHOLESALE EXOTICS, INC., a California 5 Corporation, THOMAS CLASSICS, an Ohio Corporation, JAMES BURBANO, an 6 || individual; DOES I through X; and ROE 4 CORPORATIONS I through X, inclusive,

Cross-Defendants. 9 [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMISS STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS WITHOUT 10 PREJUDICE AGAINST DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) PAUL PAULSEN 11 THIS MATTER having come before the Court, after reviewing all pretrial proceedings in th S 12 || above-captioned matter; the Court being fully advised, pursuant to FRCP 41(a)(2) and Watson 33 13 || Clark, 716 F.Supp. 1354 (D. Nev. 1989), aff'd, 909 F.2d. 1490, and there being no potential plai 3 14 |! legal prejudice as a result of the dismissal shown; : 15 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Bae Ae 16 || Claims Against Defendants Austin Wise and Paul Paulsen are hereby DISMISSED WITHOU

3 17 || PREJUDICE.

20 RICHARD F. BOULWARE, II UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 21 || Respectfully submitted by: 22 || SCHNITZER, JOHNSON & WATSON 23 |! /s/ Crystal Y_ Case, Esa. TYLER J. WATSON, ESQ. 24 |! Nevada Bar No. 11735 CRYSTAL Y. CASE, ESQ. 25 || Nevada Bar No. 14495 8985 S. Eastern Avenue, Suite 200 26 Las Vegas, Nevada 89123 Counsel for State Farm 27 28

1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on the 4" day of March, 2026, I served a true and correct copy of tl 3 || foregoing [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VOLUNTARILY DISMIS 4 || STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY’S CLAIMS WITHOU 5 | PREJUDICE AGAINST DEFENDANT (1) AUSTIN WISE AND (2) PAUL PAULSEN b 6 || submitting the document by United States First-Class Mail, postage pre-paid, addressed as follows: 7 || The following parties were served via US Mail and electronic mail Luis A. Ayon, Esq. 8 || Ayon Law 8716 Spanish Ridge Ave. #115 9 || Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 Attorney for Defendant/Counterclaimant Jeremy Hudson 10 11 || The following parties were served via US Mail only Paul Paulsen 12 || 120 Tustin Ave. AQ Newport Beach, CA 92663 So 13 nr 14} Austin Wise 1841 Magnolia Ct. EZ 15 || Oceanside, CA 92054 BS 16 wie /s/ Priscilla Hoffman os 17 An emplovee of Schnitzer, Johnson & Watson aN “18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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