Urbina

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 NERI URBINA and LEONILA URBINA, No. 1:19-cv-01471-NONE-JLT on behalf of themselves and all others 12 similarly situated, 13 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION

TO LIFT STAY

14 v. (Doc. No. 55) 15 FREEDOM MORTGAGE

CORPORATION,

16 Defendant. 17

18 19 On July 21, 2020, the court granted defendant Freedom Mortgage Corporation’s motion to 20 stay this case pursuant to the first-to-file rule because an earlier class action was filed in the 21 Northern District of Texas (“the Texas case”) involving substantially similar parties and issues. 22 (Doc. No. 54.) The court stated at that time that “[p]laintiffs may move to lift the stay in this case 23 based on developments in the Texas case impacting the status of the California class members in 24 that litigation.” (Id. at 6.) Currently pending before the court is plaintiffs’ motion to lift the stay. 25 (Doc. No. 55.) Defendant opposes the motion. (Doc. No. 56.) For the reasons discussed below, 26 the court grants plaintiffs’ motion and will lift…