Szittai v. CenturyTel Service Group, LLC

Filing 41

ORDERED: Plaintiff Mark Szittai's Unopposed Motion to Stay Proceedings (Doc. 40) is GRANTED. All proceedings and deadlines in this case are STAYED, and the Clerk must add a stay flag to the file. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint status report on whether the stay is ready to be lifted or before January 4, 2022. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 10/4/2021. (AEH)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
MARK SZITTAI,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:20-cv-548-SPC-NPM

CENTURYTEL SERVICE
GROUP, LLC,
Defendant.
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ORDER1
Before the Court is Plaintiff Mark Szittai’s Unopposed Motion to Stay
Proceedings. (Doc. 40). A court “has broad discretion to stay proceedings as
an incident to its power to control its own docket.” Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S.
681, 706 (1997).

The party seeking the stay must show good cause and

reasonableness. See Belloso v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co., No. 6:18-cv-460-Orl40TBS, 2018 WL 4407088, at *2 (M.D. Fla. Sept. 17, 2018). Having considered
Plaintiff’s motion, which Defendant Centurytel Service Group, LLC does not
oppose, the Court finds good and reasonable cause to stay this case.
Accordingly, it is now

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ORDERED:
Plaintiff Mark Szittai’s Unopposed Motion to Stay Proceedings (Doc. 40)
is GRANTED.
1. All proceedings and deadlines in this case are STAYED, and the
Clerk must add a stay flag to the file.
2. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint status report on whether
the stay is ready to be lifted or before January 4, 2022.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on October 4, 2021.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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