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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY WAYNE ERVIN, No. 2:19-cv-01883-KJM-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER STAYING DISCOVERY SCOTT ROBERT JONES et al., Defendants. 16 Presently pending before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 21.) The court previously granted plaintiff’s request to continue the hearing on defendants’ motion which was originally set for May 13, 2020; the hearing is now set for July 22, 2020. (ECF Nos. 29 & 30.) Plaintiff then filed a request for the court to order discovery to proceed while the motion to dismiss is pending, and defendants have filed a response to plaintiff’s request. (ECF Nos. 32, 33.) The court orders that, in the interest of judicial economy, discovery in this action is STAYED as outlined below. District courts have broad discretion to stay discovery pending the resolution of a potentially dispositive motion, including a motion to dismiss. Jarvis v. Regan, 833 F.2d 149, 155 (9th Cir.1987). …