Sewell v. Samsung Electronics America Inc et al.

Filing 21

ORDER re 20 UNOPPOSED MOTION to Stay Case. The Court directs the Clerk to administrative close this case in her records. Within thirty (30) days of the final disposition of the Wells/Higginbotham litigation, the parties may move to reopen this action. If the parties have not moved to reopen this action within the prescribed time, it will be deemed to be dismissed without prejudice. Signed by Honorable Timothy D. DeGiusti on 6/21/17. (ml)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
SUSAN SEWELL, on behalf of
herself and all others similarly situated,
Plaintiff,
v.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
AMERICA, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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Case No. CIV-17-434-D

ORDER
The parties to this action have filed an Agreed Motion [Doc. No. 20], asking
that the Court stay these proceedings pending the resolution of two related cases
currently before the Court: Wells v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al., Case
No. CIV-17-46-D and Higginbotham v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al.,
Case No. CIV-17-102-D (hereinafter the “Wells/Higginbotham litigation”).1
Rather than staying this case for an indeterminate amount of time, the Court
directs the Clerk to administrative close this case in her records. Within thirty (30)
days of the final disposition of the Wells/Higginbotham litigation, the parties may

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The parties also request that the Consolidated Complaint filed in the
Wells/Higginbotham litigation [Doc. No. 15] be designated as the operative
complaint in this action. The Court declines to do so at this time.

move to reopen this action. If the parties have not moved to reopen this action
within the prescribed time, it will be deemed to be dismissed without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 21st day of June 2017.

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