Douglas Cameron Aziz v. Brandon Arth

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DOUGLAS CAMERON AZIZ, ) Case No. CV 21-3959-DSF (JPR) 12 ) Plaintiff, ) 13 ) ORDER LIFTING STAY AND DISMISSING v. ) ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 ) BRANDON ARTH et al., ) 15 ) Defendants. ) 16 ) 17 On February 13, 2024, Defendants filed a Suggestion of Death, indicating that Plaintiff in this civil-rights action had died on or about January 19. (Rep., ECF No. 91 at 2 & Ex. A.) Two days later the Court ordered Defendants to serve Plaintiff’s successors-in-interest with the Suggestion of Death under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(a) and file proof of such service. The Court stayed this action pending any motion to substitute by those successors-in-interest and ordered the Clerk to administratively close the case. On March 19, 2024, Defendants filed notice that they had identified Plaintiff’s successor-in-interest as his wife and 1 provided her and Plaintiff’s four adult sons with the Suggestion of Death. (Bakman Decl., ECF No. 94.) After the Court requested 3 …