Monroe v. Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. et al

Filing 29

ORDER granting 28 Motion to Stay. All deadlines in this case are stayed until January 31, 2023 or until the state court rules on the challenge to the default judgment, whichever is earlier. The parties are directed to file a joint notice no later than 90 days from the date of entry of this Order providing the Court with a brief summary of the procedural posture of the state court case. Additionally, no later than 14 days from the disposition of any motion by the state court related to the default judgment, the parties are directed to file a notice attaching a copy of the state court's disposition and stating whether, given that disposition, the stay should lift. Signed by Magistrate Judge Christopher L. Ray on 08/01/2022. (jlh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
SAVANNAH DIVISION
ANDREA MONROE,
Plaintiff,
v.
SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., et al.,
Defendants.

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CV421-357

ORDER
The Court stayed this case until August 3, 2022 based on the
parties’ representation that the outcome of a challenge to a default
judgment in the State Court of Chatham County, Georgia “may render
this case moot.” Doc. 22 at 1-3 (quoting doc. 12 at 2). The parties
subsequently filed a joint motion explaining that the state court “has not
yet rendered a decision”, and requesting a 6-month extension of the stay.
Doc. 28 at 1-2. Pursuant to the Court’s authority to enter a “stay pending
the resolution of a related case in another court”, Ortega Trujillo v.
Conover & Co. Comms., Inc., 221 F.3d 1262, 1264 (11th Cir. 2000), the
parties’ joint motion is GRANTED. Doc. 28. All deadlines in this case
are STAYED until January 31, 2023, or until the state court rules on the

challenge to the default judgment, whichever is earlier.

See Ortega

Trujillo, 221 F. 3d at 1264 (“When a district court exercises its discretion
to stay a case pending the resolution of related proceedings in another
forum, the district court must limit properly the scope of the stay.”). The
parties are DIRECTED to file a joint notice no later than 90 days from
the date of entry of this Order providing the Court with a brief summary
of the procedural posture of the state court case. Additionally, no later
than 14 days from the disposition of any motion by the state court related
to the default judgment, the parties are DIRECTED to file a notice
attaching a copy of the state court’s disposition and stating whether,
given that disposition, the stay should lift.
SO ORDERED, this 1st day of August, 2022.

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CHRISTOPHER
HRIIST
S OP
PHE
H R L. RAY
NITED STATES
STATE
ES MAGISTRATE
MAGISTRA
UNITED
JUDGE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA