Croslen v. City of Savannah, Georgia et al

Filing 57

ORDER granting 53 Motion to Stay. The Clerk of Court is Directed to Administratively Close This Case. All parties retain the right to request at any time that the Court reopen this case, along with all motions currently pending. Signed by Judge William T. Moore, Jr on 1/5/17. (jlm)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA

n ' O J!

SAVANNAH DIVISION

JEFFREY CROSLEN,

Plaintiff,
CASE NO. CV414-143

V.

CHIEF CHARLES G. MIDDLETON,

individually and in his
official capacity as Fire
Chief of Savannah, and MAYOR
AND ALDERMEN

OF THE CITY OF

SAVANNAH,
Defendants.

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff's Motion to Stay Action

Pending the Eleventh Circuit's En Banc Decision in Slater
V.

U.S.

Steel.

(Doc.

53.)

Plaintiff

requests

the

stay

because the Eleventh Circuit's en banc decision in Slater,

Appeal No. 12-15548-GG, "may well drastically alter the law
of

^judicial

estoppel'

in

this

Circuit,

and

hence,

the

outcome of this case." (Id. at 4.) In response. Defendants

consent to staying this case and agree that "[t]he decision
of the Eleventh Circuit in Slater may have

a substantial

effect on judicial estoppel law in this Circuit and the
claims and issues in this case." (Doc. 56 at 1-2.)

After

careful

consideration.

Plaintiff s

motion

is

GRANTED and this case is hereby STAYED. The Clerk of Court