Vargas v. Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC ( 2023 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NATALY LOPEZ VARGAS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01645-ADA-HBK 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STAY OF ACTION AND VACATING ALL HEARING DATES 13 v. AND RELATED DEADLINES 14 SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, (Doc. No. 18) 15 Defendant. 16 17 On May 26, 2023, Defendant Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC and Plaintiff Nataly Lopez 18 Vargas (collectively, the “Parties”) filed a joint stipulated motion seeking a stay of this action.1 19 (Doc. No. 18). The Parties request the Court to stay this action, including all discovery, and to 20 vacate all hearing dates and related deadlines in order that the Parties may engage in private 21 mediation. (Id.). 22 A court is vested with broad discretion to stay a case. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 705 23 (1997) (citing Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). The “party requesting a 24 stay bears the burden of showing that the circumstances justify an exercise of that discretion.” 25 Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 433-34 (2009). Generally, “stays should not be indefinite in 26 27 1 This action is related to Martinez v. Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC, No. 22-cv-01624-ADA-HBK and Romero v. Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC, No. 23-cv-00427-ADA-HBK. An order granting a stay will be 28 entered in each of the related cases. 1 | nature.” Dependable Highway Exp., Inc. v. Navigators Ins. Co., 498 F.3d 1059, 1066-67 (9th Cir. 2 | 2007). If a stay is especially long or indefinite, a greater showing is required to justify it and the 3 | court must “balance the length of any stay against the strength of the justification given for it.” 4 | Yong v. LN.S., 208 F.3d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir. 2000). The Parties have met their burden to justify 5 | a stay of this action. 6 Accordingly, it is ORDERED: 7 1. The joint motion to stay (Doc. No. 18) is GRANTED and this case, including all 8 discovery, is STAYED until further order of Court. 9 2. The Court vacates all hearing dates and related deadlines. 10 3. The Parties shall file a joint status report every ninety (90) days to advise the Court of 11 the status of mediation and whether a further stay of this action is warranted. 12 'S | Dated: _ May 31, 2023 Mihaw. Wh. foareh Zaskth 14 HELENA M. BARCH-KUCHTA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28