Floyd v. 24 Hour Fitness USA, LLC. ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MICHAEL DEVIN FLOYD, Case No. 23-cv-00871-EMC 8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 9 v. REQUEST FOR PROBATION REFERRAL IN UNRELATED CASE 10 24 HOUR FITNESS USA, LLC, 11 Defendant. Docket No. 69 12 13 14 Plaintiff Michael Floyd has filed suit against Defendant 24 Hour Fitness USA, LLC 15 (“24HF”). He asserts various claims against 24HF related to its termination of his gym 16 membership. Now pending before the Court is a motion from Mr. Floyd in which he notes that he 17 is currently scheduled for a sentencing in Santa Clara Superior Court and in which he asks this 18 Court to issue a letter stating that Mr. Floyd is litigating this suit as well as several other suits in 19 the Northern District of California and recommending that probation be given in the state court 20 case “as justice could not be served [in the federal cases] with an inexperienced pro se litigant in 21 custody.” Mot. at 2. 22 The motion for relief is DENIED. The federal and state proceedings are completely 23 independent. It would be improper for this Court to make a recommendation to the state court or 24 / / / 25 / / / 26 / / / 27 / / / 1 otherwise weigh in on how the state court should decide its case. Cf City of Baton Rouge v. 2 || Centroplex Ctr. Convention Hotel, L.L.C., 105 F.4th 683, 688 (Sth Cir. 2024) (noting that “comity 3 concerns ‘a proper respect for state functions’ and is a ‘continuance of the belief that the National 4 || Government will fare best if the States and their institutions are left free to perform their separate 5 functions in separate ways’”’). 6 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 9 Dated: November 18, 2024 10 11 EDWARD N 12 United States District Judge 16 it 4 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28