Apothio, LLC v. Kern County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APOTHIO, LLC, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00522-NONE-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ JOINT ) MOTION FOR DISCOVERY STAY v. ) ) (Doc. 58) KERN COUNTY, et al., )

Defendants. ) ) )

On November 12, 2020, Defendants California Department of Fish and Wildlife and its director Charlton H. Bonham (State Defendants), and Defendants County of Kern, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Donny Youngblood and Sergeant Joshua Nicholson (County Defendants) filed a joint motion for discovery stay. (Doc. 25.) Plaintiff filed an opposition to the stay on November 24, 2020. (Doc. 61.) On December 3, 2020, defendants filed a reply. (Doc. 66.) Plaintiff filed a sur- reply on December 11, 2020. (Doc. 69.) For the reasons set forth below, Defendants’ joint motion for discovery stay is GRANTED. I. Relevant Background The plaintiff filed this civil action on April 10, 2020. (Doc. 1.) The…