Free Motion for Leave to File - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000

Dan W. Goldfine (#018788) Adam Lang (#022545) SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Street Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Telephone: (602) 382-6000 Facsimile: (602) 382-6070 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter defendant Meritage Corporation and Third Party Defendants Steve Hilton, John Landon, and Larry Seay IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation, formerly d/b/a Meritage Corporation, Case No. CV-04-0384-PHX-ROS Hancock-MTH Builders, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Hancock-MTH Communities, Inc., an MERITAGE'S MOTION FOR Arizona corporation, and currently d/b/a Meritage LEAVE TO FILE THE ATTACHED Homes Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation, MOTION TO STAY DEFENDANT and Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc., an Arizona GREG HANCOCK'S CLAIMS corporation, FILED IN ARBITRATION Plaintiffs, v. Ricky Lee Hancock and Brenda Hancock, husband and wife; Gregory S. Hancock and Linda Hancock, husband and wife, Rick Hancock Homes L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; RLH Development, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company; and J2H2, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company, Defendants. Plaintiffs request leave to file the attached motion to stay Defendant Greg Hancock's claims filed in arbitration. The Court's Order of June 6, 2006, stated that no more motions were to be filed until after discovery is closed. In light of the Defendants filing crossclaims in arbitration subsequently to your Order, however, the attached motion for stay necessarily has to be filed before the close of discovery. For this reason, Meritage respectfully requests leave to file the attached motion to stay. (Assigned to the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver)

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Case 2:04-cv-00384-ROS

Document 327

Filed 07/20/2006

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LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000

DATED this 20th day of July, 2006. SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.

By s/ Dan W. Goldfine Dan W. Goldfine Adam Lang One Arizona Center Phoenix, AZ 85004-2202 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counter defendant Meritage Corporation and Third Party Defendants Steve Hilton, John Landon, and Larry Seay CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 20, 2006, I electronically transmitted the foregoing document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: Ivan K. Mathew Mathew & Mathew, P.C. 1850 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1910 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Attorneys for Defendant Rick Hancock Robert M. Frisbee Frisbee & Bostock, PLC 1747 East Morton Avenue Suite 108 Phoenix AZ 85020 Attorneys for Defendant Greg Hancock Mark I. Harrison Sarah Porter Osborn Maledon, P.A. 2929 North Central Avenue Suite 2100 Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2794 Attorneys for Defendant Greg and Linda Hancock and Counsel of Record Robert Frisbee

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LAW OFFICES One Arizona Center, 400 E. Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 (602) 382-6000

Kenneth J. Sherk Timothy J. Burke Fennemore Craig, P.C. 3003 N. Central Ave. Suite 2600 Phoenix, AZ 85012-2913 Attorneys for Defendant Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P. in State Court Action A Copy of the foregoing served via facsimile to Kurt M. Zitzer Meagher & Geer, P.L.L.P. 8800 North Gainey Center Drive Suite 261 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Attorneys for Titus, Brueckner & Berry

s/ Dan W. Goldfine
1862075.1

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