Pontier
Pontier v. GEICO Insurance
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID PONTIER, Case No.: 21cv199-LL-DDL
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S
v. MOTION TO STAY
GEICO INSURANCE, et al.,
Defendants. [ECF No. 143]
16 17 On June 30, 2024, Plaintiff David Pontier, proceeding pro se, filed a Motion to Stay (“Motion”). ECF No. 143. Plaintiff seeks to stay this matter pending resolution of his appeal filed June 6, 2024 in the related interpleader case of Dang v. Pontier, No. 19cv1519- LL-DDL (S.D. Cal.). ECF No. 143; see also Notice of Appeal, Dang v. Pontier, No. 19cv1519-LL-DDL (S.D. Cal. June 6, 2024), ECF No. 206. The Ninth Circuit has since ruled on the appeal. Order, Dang v. Pontier, No. 19cv1519-LL-DDL (S.D. Cal. Sept. 23, 2024), ECF No. 218. Plaintiff’s reason for the Motion is now moot. Accordingly, the Court DENIES the Motion. See Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936) (“[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in…