Constitution Party of North Carolina v. Strach

Filing 12

ORDER Granting 11 Motion to Stay. This matter is stayed, excepting the deadlines for filing responses to Defendants Motion to Dismiss, until the Motion to Dismiss has been resolved. Signed by Senior Judge Graham Mullen on 6/22/2018. (jaw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
CHARLOTTE DIVISION
NO. 3:18-cv-00006
CONSTITUTION PARTY OF NORTH
CAROLINA,
Plaintiff,
v.
ORDER
KIM WESTBROOK STRACH, in her
official capacity as Executive Director of the
North Carolina State Board of Elections and
Ethics Enforcement,
Defendant.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on Defendant’s Motion to Stay (Doc. No. 11).
Plaintiff consents to the Motion.
Plaintiff filed its Complaint on January 3, 2018. Defendant filed her Answer on February
27, 2018. This Court entered a Pretrial Order and Case Management Plan on March 26, 2018.
On June 19, 2018, Defendant filed a Rule 12(b)(1) Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter
jurisdiction. Defendant simultaneously filed this Motion to Stay all further proceedings,
including discovery, pending a ruling on Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. The Court finds that
Plaintiff has consented to this Motion and that there is good cause for a stay to be granted.
Accordingly, the Court ORDERS that this matter is stayed, excepting the deadlines for
filing responses to Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss, until the Motion to Dismiss has been
resolved.
Signed: June 22, 2018

SO ORDERED.