Bell v. Gateway Blend LLC ( 2020 )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION RICHARD BELL, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:19 CV 1320 RWS ) GATEWAY BLEND, LLC, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In light of defendant’s argument that this Court should dismiss plaintiff’s case based upon a jury finding in Bell v. Carmen Commercial Real Estate Servs., Case No. 1:16-cv-01174-JRS-MPB (S.D. Ind. Sept. 26, 2019), a case with post- trial motions pending and a likely appeal, as well as defendant’s reliance on the reasoning employed by the district court in Bell v. Davis, Case No. 3: 19-CV-912- JR, 2019 WL 7372657 (D. Or. Dec. 31, 2019), a decision which is also on appeal, and mindful of the Court’s obligation “to secure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding,” Fed. R. Civ. P. 1, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that each party shall show cause in writing within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Memorandum and Order why this case should not be stayed pending the disposition of appellate proceedings in the aforementioned cases. The briefs shall not exceed five pages in length and shall be confined solely to discussion of a potential stay. ~ ROD NEY W. SIPPEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Dated this 6th day of April, 2020.