Johnson v. Patel

Filing 102

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 7/15/2021 SETTING A Status Conference for 9/2/2021 at 02:30 PM in Courtroom 3 (KJM) before Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. (Mena-Sanchez, L)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Scott Johnson, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:14-cv-02052-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Mike Patel, Defendant. 16 17 Defendant seeks to stay these proceedings based on his need to work multiple jobs due to 18 financial struggles stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Mot., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff did not 19 file opposition. The court denies the motion to stay. 20 “A district court has discretionary power to stay proceedings in its own court.” Lockyer v. 21 Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1109 (9th Cir. 2005) (citing Landis v. North American Co., 299 22 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). In determining whether to grant a stay the court must consider “the 23 competing interests which will be affected by the granting or refusal to grant a stay must be 24 weighed.” Id. at 1110 (quoting CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.2d 265, 268 (9th Cir. 1962)). These 25 interests include “the possible damage which may result from the granting of a stay, the hardship 26 or inequity which a party may suffer in being required to go forward, and the orderly course of 27 justice measured in terms of the simplifying or complicating of issues, proof, and questions of law 28 which could be expected to result from a stay.” Id. “[T]he suppliant for a stay must make out a 1 1 clear case of hardship or inequity in being required to go forward, if there is even a fair possibility 2 that the stay for which he prays will work damage to someone else.” Landis, 299 U.S. at 255. 3 The court understands the financial hardships the pandemic has placed on the defendant. 4 However, the briefing does not show clearly how the defendant will suffer hardship or inequity if 5 the matter goes forward, particularly now that the pandemic has begun to subside. 6 7 The court sets a status conference regarding trial setting for September 2, 2021 at 2:30 PM. 8 This order resolves ECF No. 100. 9 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10 DATED: July 15, 2021. 11 2

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