Levin et al v. Islamic Republic of Iran et al

Filing 21

ORDER granting 19 Motion to Stay. Signed by U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier on 5/7/2021. (CLR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA
SOUTHERN DIVISION
JEREMY LEVIN and DR. LUCILLE
LEVIN,
Plaintiffs,
vs.

4:20-MC-00035-KES

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN; IRANIAN
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND
SECURITY; SEYYED ALI HOSSEINI
KHAMENEI; MOHAMMED
MOHAMMED NIK; ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORP,
Defendants.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Intervenor.
Plaintiffs and intervenor jointly move to stay this case, and all current
deadlines, pending final resolution of appeals taken in Levin v. Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., Civ. A. No. 21-0420 (D.D.C.) or Levin v. Islamic Republic of Iran,
Civ. A. No. 05-2484 (D.D.C.). Docket 19. A “district court [has] the inherent
power to grant [a] stay in order to control its docket, conserve judicial
resources, and provide for a just determination of the cases pending before it.”
Contracting Northwest, Inc. v. City of Fredericksburg, Iowa, 713 F.2d 382, 387
(8th Cir. 1983). The issues pending before the D.C. Circuit overlap with the
issues this court will address. The court finds that the interest of judicial

economy justifies staying this proceeding pending resolution of the pending
appeals. Thus, it is
ORDERED that the joint motion to stay (Docket 19) is granted.
Dated May 7, 2021.
BY THE COURT:

/s/ Karen E. Schreier

KAREN E. SCHREIER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE