Essex Insurance Company v. SEGA Ventures, LLC et al

Filing 76

ORDER Directing the parties to confer and, within seven days from the date of this Order, move for either a limited stay or administrative closure. (Compliance due by 5/2/2019.) Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 4/25/19. (jrb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
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SEGA VENTURES, LLC, et al.
Defendants.

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CV413-253

ORDER
The Court directed plaintiff, Essex Insurance Company, to show cause
why this case, substantially inactive for more than two years, should not be
dismissed. Doc. 74. Plaintiff responded and informed the Court that the
lawsuit, which underlies this declaratory judgment action concerning its duty
to indemnify, remains ongoing and, until that suit is resolved, no further
progress can be made here. See doc. 75.
The Court appreciates counsel’s prompt response to its show-cause
Order. It also appreciates the practicalities of managing parallel litigation.
Neither counsel’s diligence nor the practical impediments warrant leaving
this case languishing on the Court’s docket for year after year. Counsel is
advised that, in such situations, the Court’s preferred procedure is for
counsel to: (1) confer with opposing counsel and determine whether the

parties might agree to a limited stay, and (2) if consent is not forthcoming,
move unilaterally for such a stay. Alternatively, and perhaps even preferably,
where a substantial delay is anticipated and the parties wish to avoid the
trouble and expense of periodically renewing stays, they, or either of them,
may move for the case to be administratively closed. See, e.g., In re Heritage

Southwest Medical Group PA, 464 F. App’x 285, 287 (5th Cir. 2012)
(“administrative closure does not have any effect on the rights of the
parties and is simply a docket-management device.”).
Accordingly, the parties are DIRECTED to confer and, within seven
days from the date of this Order, move for either a limited stay or
administrative closure.
SO ORDERED, this 25th day of April, 2019.
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CHRISTOPHER L. RAY
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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

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