Prasad v. Santa Clara Department of Social Services et al

Filing 49

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE SHOULD NOT BE STAYED. Show Cause Response due by 1/29/2015. Signed by Hon. Beth Labson Freeman on 1/22/2015. (blflc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/22/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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ABHIJIT PRASAD,

Case No. 14-cv-00179-BLF

Plaintiff,
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v.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE
SHOULD NOT BE STAYED

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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SANTA CLARA DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, et al.,
Defendants.

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It has come to the Court’s attention that on January 22, 2015, the California Court of

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Appeal for the Sixth Appellate District reversed and remanded proceedings to the state Superior

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Court in Plaintiff’s appeal concerning his listing in the Child Abuse Central Index (Case No.

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H039167). Plaintiff refers to these parallel state proceedings in his First Amended Complaint

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before this Court, see FAC ¶ 65-66, and it appears that the issues are related. Given the possibility

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that, on remand, the Superior Court’s decision on Plaintiff’s petition for writ of administrative

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mandamus could significantly alter the nature of Plaintiff’s federal claims, the parties are hereby

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ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE why this action should not be stayed pending decision by the

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Superior Court on remand. On or before January 29, 2015, each party shall submit a brief of no

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more than five (5) pages in length explaining why this case should not be stayed. No opposition

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or reply is permitted, and no hearing will be held on the Order to Show Cause unless otherwise

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ordered by the court.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: January 22, 2015
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BETH LABSON FREEMAN
United States District Judge