Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC v. Allied World Insurance Company
- Analisa Torres
- 1:19-cv-07238
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Paragon v. Allied World, Judge Torres held an interlocutory appeal did not remove jurisdiction and denied Allied World’s adjournment request.
Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC and Allied World Insurance Company; the order also set deadlines for the parties’ pretrial submissions.
What happened
Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC v. Allied World Insurance Company involved Allied World’s appeal from an earlier order and its claim that the appeal prevented the district court from handling Paragon’s request for injunctive relief.
The court explained that an appeal from an order granting or denying preliminary injunctive relief does not prevent the district court from deciding the underlying matter. The court therefore retained jurisdiction over Paragon’s injunction motion.
Judge Analisa Torres denied Allied World’s request to postpone the December 16, 2019 hearing. She extended the deadline for the joint pretrial order and related materials to December 5, 2019, at noon, and required the parties to submit additional materials by December 8, 2019.
The detailed version
- Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC v. Allied World Insurance Company · No. 1:19-cv-07238
- Analisa Torres
- Dec. 2, 2019
Background
Allied World Insurance Company filed a notice of interlocutory appeal—an appeal before the case is finally resolved—from the Court’s October 24, 2019 order. Allied World then stated that the appeal had removed the Court’s jurisdiction over Paragon Insurance Holdings, LLC’s motion for injunctive relief and requested an adjournment of the December 16, 2019 hearing.
Court’s Analysis
The Court rejected Allied World’s jurisdictional position. It stated that an appeal from an order granting or denying preliminary injunctive relief does not strip the district court of jurisdiction to hear the merits. The Court therefore concluded that it retained jurisdiction over Paragon’s injunction motion.
Rulings and Deadlines
The Court denied Allied World’s request to adjourn the December 16 hearing. It also extended the deadline for the joint pretrial order and related materials to December 5, 2019, at 12:00 p.m., and directed the parties to submit their Rule V.F. materials by December 8, 2019.
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