Richards et al v. Prieto et al

Filing 40

ORDER signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr on 04/13/10 GRANTING 38 Request; The stay on filing any Motion for Summary Judgment/Adjudication in this matter will remain in effect for a period of sixty (60) days following theSupreme Courts issuance of a decision on McDonald v. City of Chicago, supra, absent specific leave from this Court to the contrary. (Williams, D)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 v. JOHN MCGINNESS, COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO, ED PRIETO, and COUNTY OF YOLO, Defendants. ----oo0oo---The Court is in receipt of the request by Defendants County of Sacramento and John McGinness for an additional order pertaining to the stay on adjudication of any summary judgment motion, as previously imposed pursuant to the Court's Order of September 1, 2009. Defendants point out that linking the stay to DEANNA SYKES, ANDREW WITHAM, ADAM RICHARDS, SECOND AMENDMENT FOUNDATION, INC., and THE CALGUNS FOUNDATION, INC., Plaintiffs, ORDER No. 2:09-cv-01235-MCE-KJM UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

the Ninth Circuit's pending en banc decision in Nordyke v. King, 563 F.3d 439 (9th Cir. 2009) is no longer appropriate since Nordyke, in turn, has been stayed awaiting the Supreme Court's decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, 130 S.Ct. 48 (2009). 1

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Defendants also ask that the stay on refiling a motion for summary judgment after a decision on McDonald has been rendered remain in effect for a period of sixty (60) additional days. According to Defendants, that additional stay is appropriate so that the Plaintiffs in this matter can be deposed in accordance with the substantive and legal guidelines to be established by the Supreme Court. Defendants maintain that deposing the

Plaintiffs prior to a decision being rendered may be both premature and potentially futile. Although Plaintiffs have opposed Defendants' request in this regard, the Court believes that refraining from the subject discovery at this time is proper since the McDonald decision may narrow and/or eliminate the issues which will need to be addressed in Plaintiffs' depositions. Request (Docket No. 38) is GRANTED. Consequently, Defendants' The stay on filing any

Motion for Summary Judgment/Adjudication in this matter will remain in effect for a period of sixty (60) days following the Supreme Court's issuance of a decision on McDonald v. City of Chicago, supra, absent specific leave from this Court to the contrary. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: April 13, 2010

_____________________________ MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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