Williams v. Pfizer Inc ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 JOYCE D. WILLIAMS, 8 Cause No. C20-1242RSL Plaintiff, 9 v. ORDER STAYING CASE 10 PFIZER, INC., et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 14 This matter comes before the Court on the “Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending 15 Mediation” submitted by the parties in the above-captioned matter. Dkt. # 25. Having reviewed 16 the record and the stipulation of the parties, the Court finds that a stay will promote judicial 17 efficiency and preserve the resources of the litigants without unduly prejudicing either party’s 18 interests. 5A Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1360 19 20 (3d ed. 2004).See also Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936) (“the power to stay 21 proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the 22 causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants”). 23 24 For all of the foregoing reasons, this matter is hereby STAYED in its entirety, pending 25 26 mediation. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter a statistical termination in this case. Such 27 1 termination is entered solely for the purpose of removing this case from the Court’s active 2 calendar. The parties shall, within fourteen days of the completion of mediation, submit a Joint 3 Status Report setting forth the parties’ recommendations for a new trial date or, in the 4 alternative, an anticipated schedule for achieving settlement. 5 6 Dated this 8th day of March, 2021. 7 8 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27