Allstate Insurance Company v. Obteen N. Nassiri
Allstate Insurance Company v. Obteen N. Nassiri
Trial Court Opinion
1 Dylan P. Todd (NV Bar No. 10456) Lee H. Gorlin (NV Bar No. 13879) 2 FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH PONZI 3 & RUDLOFF PC 2200 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 280 4 Henderson, NV 89052 Telephone: 702-827-1510 5 Facsimile: 312-863-5099 [email protected] 6 [email protected] 7 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA, SOUTHERN DIVISION 10 11 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, CASE NO. 2:15-cv-01434--GMN-VCF 12 ALLSTATE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE 13 INDEMNITY COMPANY AND ALLSTATE FIRE & 14 [PROPOSED] ORDER TO RELEASE 15 Plaintiff, SECURITY BOND vs. 16 OBTEEN N. NASSIRI, D.C., et al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiffs Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance 20 Company and Allstate Indemnity Company (collectively “Allstate”) by and through their 21 attorneys for record, hereby the Court issue an Order to release the Security Bond deposited 22 with this court on April 28, 2016. 23 Defendants FAA FOI Tuitama, Advanced Med, LLC and Green Tree Services LLC 24 filed a Motion for Security Costs [ECF No. 54] on October 15, 2015. Allstate filed a 25 response to the Motion [ECF No. 57] on November 11, 2015. Defendants FOI Tuitama, 26 Advanced Med, LLC and Green Tree Services filed its reply in support of its motion on 27 November 23, 2015 [ECF No. 58]. The Court issued its Order Granting the Motion for 28 1 Security Costs on April 22, 2016 [ECF No. 91] See Exhibit A. On April 28, 2016 Allstate 2 deposited the security costs ($4,500.00) with the Court [ECF 94]. See Exhibit B. 3 This case was closed in April in 2018. Allstate respectfully requests this Court to 4 issue an order releasing the security bond. 5 The current owner of the bond is McCormick Barstow. Allstate requests the total 6 bond amount ($4,500.00) plus interest be payable to them. 7 Dated this 20th day of March, 2020. FORAN GLENNON PALANDECH PONZI 8 & RUDLOFF PC 9 10 By: ___/s/ Dylan Todd______________ Dylan P. Todd (NV Bar No. 10456) 11 Lee H. Gorlin (NV Bar No. 13879) 2200 Paseo Verde Parkway, Suite 280 12 Henderson, NV 89052 13 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 14 15 ORDER 16 IT IS SO ORDERED that the Security Bond in the above-entitled matter be released. 17 18 Dated this _2_3__ day of March, 2020. 19 _________________________________________ 20 Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I certify that a copy of the foregoing [PROPOSED] ORDER TO RELEASE SECURITY 3 BOND was served by the method indicated:
4 ☐ BY FAX: by transmitting via facsimile the document(s) listed above to the fax number(s) set forth below on this date before 5:00 p.m. pursuant to EDCR Rule 7.26(a). A printed 5 transmission record is attached to the file copy of this document(s). 6 ☐ BY U.S. MAIL: by placing the document(s) listed above in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in the United States mail at Las Vegas, Nevada addressed as set forth 7 below. 8 BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: submitted to the above-entitled Court for electronic service upon the Court’s Service List for the above-referenced case. 9 BY EMAIL: by emailing a PDF of the document listed above to the email addresses of the 10 individual(s) listed below. 11 Dated: March 20, 2020 12 /s/ Rita Tuttle 13 An Employee of Foran Glennon
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EXHIBIT A
Order
EXHIBIT A
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, et _) 4 ) ; ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No.: 2:15-cv-01434-GMN-VCF 6 VS. ) ) ORDER 7 ||OBTEEN N. NASSIRI, D.C., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) 9 ) 10 Pending before the Court is a Demand for Security of Costs (ECF No. 54) 11 || pursuant to Nevada Revised Statutes § 18.130 filed by Defendants Faa Foi Tuitama, 12 |) Advanced Med LLC, and Green Tree Services, LLC (collectively “Defendants”). 13 || Plaintiffs Allstate Insurance Company, Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 14 || and Allstate Indemnity Company (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a Response (ECF No. 15 57), and Defendants filed a Reply (ECF No. 58). For the reasons set forth below, the 16 || Motion is granted. 7 BACKGROUND 18 Plaintiffs’ Complaint alleges that Defendants engaged in a series of fraudulent 19 transfers in violation of Nevada Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Nev. Rev. Stat. 20 || §§ 112.140, et seg., and invokes the Court’s diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 21 || § 1332(a). (Compl. Jf 2, 24, ECF No. 1). Defendants subsequently filed the instant 22 || Demand for Security of Costs (ECF No. 54). 23 LEGAL STANDARD 24 The Ninth Circuit recognizes that “federal district courts have inherent power to 25 || require plaintiffs to post security for costs.” Simulnet E. Assocs. v. Ramada Hotel
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37 F.3d 573, 574 (9th Cir. 1994). Under Nevada law, “[w]hen a plaintiff 2 an action resides out of the State, or is a foreign corporation, security for the costs and 3 ||charges which may be awarded against such plaintiff may be required by the defendant.” 4 NRS § 18.130(1). “After the lapse of 30 days from the service of notice that security is 5 |)required . . . upon proof thereof, and that no undertaking as required has been filed, the 6 || court or judge may order the action to be dismissed.” NRS § 18.130(4). It is the policy o 7 || the United States District Court for the District of Nevada to enforce the requirements of 8 IINRS § 18.130 in diversity actions. See, e.g., Feagins v. Trump Org., No. 2:11-cv-01121- 9 ||GMN,
2012 WL 925027, at *1 (D. Nev. Mar. 19, 2012). 10 11TH. DISCUSSION 1 Plaintiffs argue that requiring a security for costs would be inappropriate as “their 12 || presence in Nevada is so strong that there is no danger of Plaintiffs being unavailable to 13 || pay any costs they may be ultimately responsible for.” (Resp. 2:21-22). Plaintiffs admit, 14 || however, that they are “citizens and residents of the State of Illinois.” (Compl. 2). 15 || Accordingly, because Plaintiffs reside outside of Nevada, each Plaintiff is required to 16 || provide security in the amount of $500.00 per Defendant pursuant to NRS § 18.130. 17 CONCLUSION 18 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion Demanding Security of Costs (ECF 19 54) is GRANTED. 20 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that each Plaintiff must submit a bond pursuant to 21 || this Order in the amount of $500.00 per Defendant. Failure to do so within fourteen days 22 || of the filing date of this Order shall constitute grounds for dismissal. 23 DATED this 22 day of April 2016. 24 25 ia M. Navarro, Chief Judge ted States District Judge Page 2 of 2
EXHIBIT B
Certificate of Deposit
EXHIBIT B
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