Smith et al v. Schwarzenegger et al
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ORDER STAYING Motion to Amend the Consolidated Complaint and VACATING October 14, 2015 Hearing signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 9/10/2015. (Sant Agata, S)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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COREY LAMAR SMITH, et al.,
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Plaintiffs,
v.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, et al.,
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Case No. 1:14-cv-00060-LJO-SAB
ORDER STAYING MOTION TO AMEND THE
CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT AND
VACATING OCTOBER 14, 2015 HEARING
(ECF Nos. 182, 183)
Defendants.
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On May 20, 2015, this Court entered a findings and recommendations recommending this
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action be dismissed on the ground that Defendants are entitled to qualified immunity. On June
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24, 2015, Plaintiffs filed objections to the findings and recommendations. Defendants filed a
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response to the objections on July 20, 2015; and Plaintiff filed objections to the response on July
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24, 2015. The findings and recommendations, objections, and responses are pending before the
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assigned district judge.
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consolidated complaint. On September 10, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a stipulation to amend the
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complaint.
On September 9, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a motion to amend the
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“The District Court has broad discretion to stay proceedings as an incident to its power to
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control its own docket.” Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). This “power to stay
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proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the
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causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.”
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Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). Here, staying the motion to amend until the
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district court issues an order addressing the findings and recommendations will not dispose of any
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claims or defenses or deny Plaintiffs any relief sought. . S.E.C. v. CMKM Diamonds, Inc., 729
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F.3d 1248, 1260 (9th Cir. 2013) (A magistrate judge has the authority to issue a stay where the
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stay does not dispose of any claims or defenses or deny the party any ultimate relief sought).
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If the district court adopts the findings and recommendations any amendment of the
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consolidated complaint would be futile. For that reason, the Court finds that to avoid potentially
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unnecessary litigation expenses for the parties and in the interest of judicial economy the motion
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to amend shall be stayed until after the district court issues an order on the pending findings and
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recommendations. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
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The motion to amend filed September 9, 2015 is STAYED;
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The stipulation to amend the complaint is STAYED;
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The hearing set for October 14, 2015 is VACATED; and
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The Court shall set a new hearing date once the stay is lifted.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:
September 10, 2015
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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