Stiles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL No. 2:19-cv-01218-KJM-DMC

INDUSTRIES,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v.

SHARIDAN STILES,

15 Defendant.

17 Before the court is the parties’ joint status report and request to stay this action pending the result of dispositive motions in a related case. Joint Status Report, ECF No. 37. For the reasons described below, the court GRANTS the parties’ joint request to stay the case. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND This multi-action patent infringement dispute between plaintiff American International Industries (AII) and defendant Sharidan Stiles (Stiles) regarding the manufacture and sale of plaintiff’s personal razor products has lasted nearly six years. Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1. On September 25, 2014, Stiles filed a complaint in this district against plaintiff and its retailer, Wal- Mart Stores. Id. That complaint was previously before another court in this district, but it has now been related to this case and is…