Farmer v. Stafford County Hospital et al

Filing 60

ORDER STAYING CASE. Signed by Magistrate Judge James P. O'Hara on 2/22/2019. (amh)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS
FREDRICK J. FARMER,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 17-1284-EFM

STAFFORD COUNTY HOSPITAL,
et al.,
Defendants.

ORDER
The plaintiff, Fredrick J. Farmer, D.O., brings federal and state law claims against
Stafford County Hospital, Richard S. Carter, M.D., Carter Professional Care Stafford, LLC,
and Todd Taylor (collectively, “defendants”), arising from defendants’ forwarding of
allegations against plaintiff to the Kansas Board of Healing Arts (“KBHA”). As discussed
in the scheduling order (ECF No. 43, at 1), the “parties agree that, as a practical matter, the
issues that will need to be litigated in this case will be greatly impacted by the outcome of
pending proceedings involving plaintiff before the [KBHA].” In a recent status report
submit to the undersigned’s chambers, the parties note the KBHA has not yet issued its
decision, and they request a stay of this case until that time. The court agrees that
temporarily staying the case serves the interests of economy for the court and parties.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that all proceedings are stayed until further order
of the court. As previously ordered in the scheduling order (ECF No. 43, at 7-8), “within
5 business days after any written standard-of-care decision is issued by the [KBHA],
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counsel shall confer and e-mail a joint status report to the undersigned’s chambers.”
Dated February 22, 2019, at Kansas City, Kansas.
s/ James P. O’Hara
James P. O’Hara
U.S. Magistrate Judge

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