District Court, D. Nevada, 2021

United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Wells Cargo, Inc. v. Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc.

United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Wells Cargo, Inc. v. Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc.
District Court, D. Nevada · Decided May 21, 2021
United States of America for the Use and Benefit of Wells Cargo, Inc. v. Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

| Ryan D. Yahne, Pro Hac Vice Nicholas D. Kovarik, Pro Hac Vice Benjamin J. McDonnell, Pro Hac Vice Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC West Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (509) 321-5930 Sl] Facsimile: (509) 321-5935 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Northcon, Inc. Brian W. Boschee, Nevada Bar #7612 Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson 400S. Fourth Street, 3"! Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 791-0308 Facsimile: (702) 791-1912 Email: [email protected] Local counsel for Northcon, Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the use | Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-01182-JCM-DJA and benefit of WELLS CARGO, INC., NOTICE OF CORRECTED DOCUMENT Plaintiff RE: STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: y , CONTINUANCE OF BENCH TRIAL ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri corporation, and AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY, a ) California corporation, Defendants. jp ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff,

NORTHCON, INC., an Idaho Corporation; 3. || SOUTHWESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Utah corporation; DOES 1 through 10; and ROE corporations | through 10, Third-Party Defendants.

AND ALL RELATED CASES. g In accordance with the minute order dated May 20, 2021 (ECF No. 167), Northcon, Inc. respectfully files this Notice of Corrected Document to include a corrected Stipulation and Order Re: Continuance of Bench Trial, which includes in the proposed Order a section with blank lines for new calendar call and trial dates. (Attached hereto as Exhibit A).

/s/ Nicholas D. Kovarik RYAN D. YAHNE, Pro Hac Vice NICHOLAS D. KOVARIK, Pro Hac Vice BENJAMIN J. MCDONNELL, Pro Hac Vice Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC West Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (509) 321-5930 Facsimile: (509) 321-5935 BRIAN W. BOSCHEE, Nevada Bar #7612 Holley Driggs, Walch, Fine, Wray, Puzey & Thompson S. Fourth Street, 3“! Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 791-0308 Facsimile: (702) 791-1912 Counsel for Northcon, Inc.

□ Exhibit A | Ryan D. Yahne, Pro Hac Vice Nicholas D. Kovarik, Pro Hac Vice Benjamin J. McDonnell, Pro Hac Vice Piskel Yahne Kovarik, PLLC West Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Spokane, WA 99201 Telephone: (509) 321-5930 Sl] Facsimile: (509) 321-5935 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Northcon, Inc. Brian W. Boschee, Nevada Bar #7612 Holley Driggs Walch Fine Wray Puzey & Thompson 400S. Fourth Street, 3"! Floor Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Telephone: (702) 791-0308 B Facsimile: (702) 791-1912 Email: [email protected] Local counsel for Northcon, Inc. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for the use | Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-01182-JCM-DJA and benefit of WELLS CARGO, INC., STIPULATION AND ORDER RE: Plaintiff CONTINUANCE OF BENCH TRIAL v. ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri corporation, and AMERICAN CONTRACTORS INDEMNITY COMPANY, a ) California corporation, Defendants. jp ALPHA ENERGY AND ELECTRIC, INC., a Missouri Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff,

NORTHCON, INC., an Idaho Corporation; 3. || SOUTHWESTERN CONSTRUCTION, INC., a Utah corporation; DOES 1 through 10; and ROE corporations | through 10, Third-Party Defendants.

AND ALL RELATED CASES.

STIPULATION ? Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc. (“Alpha”), Northcon, Inc. (‘“Northcon”), American '0 Contractors Indemnity Company (“ACIC”), and Southwestern Construction, Inc. (“Southwestern Construction”) (collectively “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, B hereby stipulate, agree and request that the Court continue the trial in this matter for a future date, to be determined, that is mutually agreeable to the Court, counsel, and the Parties.

The Parties have submitted and the Court has entered a Joint Pretrial Order, pursuant to which the Court has set this matter for a bench trial on a stacked calendar on June 21, 2021, M with calendar call to be held on June 16, 2021. (ECF No. 164 at 44). On May 12, 2021, the Court entered its Minute Order, directing counsel to “confer immediately with their respective clients and each other about whether this case will be trial-ready for the trial stack and to take || propriate action,” and to file any “/s/tipulations to continue ... before noon on Wednesday, May 26, 2021.” (ECF No. 165). As ordered by the Court, counsel have conferred and, in doing so, the parties have stipulated and agreed to the continuance set forth herein.

This stipulation is made in good faith and is not intended to unduly delay the °° proceedings, and good cause exists for the continuance. The Parties’ agreement is made in consideration of this Court’s trial calendar, and the calendars of the Parties and their counsel,

□ within the context of the current global pandemic, and in furtherance of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 1.

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated this 19" day of May 2021. Dated this 18" day of May 2021.

KRIGEL & KRIGEL THE MEDRALA LAW FIRM PROF, LLC /s/ Paul K. Hentzen Jakub P. Medrala Paul K. Hentzen, Pro Hac Vice Jakub P. Medrala, Nev. Bar No. 12822 4520 Main, Ste. 700 1091 S. Cimarron Road, Suite A-1 Kansas City, MO 64111 Las Vegas, Nevada 89145 Phone: (816) 756-5800 Phone: (702) 475-8884 Fax: (816) 756-1999 Fax: (702) 938-8625 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc. Counsel for Alpha Energy and Electric, Inc. ] Dated this 20" day of May 2021 Dated this 19" day of May 2021 PISKEL YAHNE KOVARIK, PLLC HOLLEY DRIGGS WALCH FINE WRAY PUZEY & THOMPSON /s/ Nicholas D. Kovarik /s/ Brian W. Boschee Nicholas D. Kovarik, Pro Hac Vice Brian W. Boschee, Nev. Bar #7612 Benjamin J. McDonnell, Pro Hac Vice 400 S. Fourth Street, 3“ Floor W. Riverside Ave., Suite 700 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Spokane, WA 99201 Phone: (702) 791-0308 Phone: (509) 321-5930 Fax: (702) 791-1912 Fax: (509) 321-5935 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for Northcon, Inc. [email protected] Counsel for Northcon, Inc. Dated this 19" day of May 2021 Dated this 18" day of May 2021 THE FAUX LAW GROUP STRONG & HANNI, P.C. /s/ Jordan F. Faux /s/ Michael D. Stanger Jordan F. Faux, Nev. Bar # 12205 Michael D. Stanger, Nev. Bar #8272 2625 N. Green Valley Parkway, #100 102 South 200 East, Ste. 800 Henderson, Nevada 89014 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 Telephone: (702) 458-5790 Phone: (801) 532-7080 Fax: (702) 458-5794 Fax: (801) 596-1508 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Counsel for American Contractors Indemnity Counsel for Southwestern Construction, Inc. Company

Dated this 19" day of May 2021 SMITH LARSEN & WIXOM /s/ Kent Larsen Kent Larsen, Nev. Bar No. 3463 1935 Village Center Circle Las Vegas, Nevada 89134 Phone: (702) 252-5002 Fax; (702) 252-5006 ) Email: [email protected] Counsel for Southwestern Construction, Inc.

ORDER This case is set for a Bench trial on the stacked calendar on March 14, 2022 at 9:00 AM. Calendar call will be held on March 9, 2022 at 1:30PM.

NBA he yO. Atatlan UNITED 3 FATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE May 21, 2021 DATE:

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