Abdulhaqq et al v. Urban Outfitters

Filing 33

ORDER GRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING 23 (Illston, Susan) (Filed on 8/19/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SHAKORA ABDULHAQQ and MERCY
CONNOR, individually, and on behalf of other
members of the general public similarly situated,

No. C 13-03184 SI

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Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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ORDER GRANTING ADMINISTRATIVE
MOTION TO CONTINUE HEARING

v.
URBAN OUTFITTERS,
Defendant.
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The parties have two motions scheduled for hearings in the same month: plaintiffs’ motion to
remand is set September 6, 2013, and defendant’s motion to stay the case is set for September 20, 2013.
Defendant has filed an administrative motion to have both motions heard on September 20, 2013.
Ordinarily, diligent counsel dispose of such routine scheduling matters by stipulation. Here,
however, plaintiffs’ counsel has opposed the continuance, contending that the Court should not entertain
a motion to stay until plaintiffs’ motion to remand is decided on its merits. Plaintiffs’ contention is
misguided. Hearing the two matters on the same day in no way presumes that the Court will address
the merits of one at the expense of the other. Moreover, as plaintiffs themselves note, the Court may
eventually vacate the hearing on either motion pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-1(b).
Judicial economy is best served by granting defendant’s requested continuance. Accordingly,
defendant’s motion is GRANTED and the Court hereby CONTINUES the hearing on plaintiffs’ motion
to remand (Docket No. 11) to September 20, 2013, at 9:00 a.m.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 19, 2013

SUSAN ILLSTON
United States District Judge