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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LULL, No. 2:20-cv-00165-KJM-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER STAYING THE PRESENT ACTION COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO et al., Defendants. 16 Presently before the court is defendants’ motion to dismiss. (ECF No. 12.) Plaintiff has filed an opposition, and defendants have filed a reply. (ECF Nos. 14, 15.) On May 1, 2020, the court issued an order to show cause as to why this matter should not be stayed until defendants’ motion for summary judgment is resolved in a related case. (ECF No. 18.) Plaintiff responded to the order and argued that this matter should not be stayed. (ECF No. 19.) As set forth below, the court STAYS the present matter. District courts have the inherent power to stay a lawsuit. Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936). If an independent and related case is pending, in certain circumstances federal courts may stay the instant suit while the independent proceeding moves forward. 26 …