Patel

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Scott Johnson, No. 2:14-cv-02052-KJM-DB Plaintiff, ORDER v. Mike Patel, 1S Defendant. 16 Defendant seeks to stay these proceedings based on his need to work multiple jobs due to 18 financial struggles stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Mot., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff did not 19 file opposition. The court denies the motion to stay. “A district court has discretionary power to stay proceedings in its own court.” Lockyer v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1109 (9th Cir. 2005) (citing Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). In determining whether to grant a stay the court must consider “the competing interests which will be affected by the granting or refusal to grant a stay must be weighed.” /d. at 1110 (quoting CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.2d 265, 268 (9th Cir. 1962)). These 25 interests include “the possible damage which may result from the granting of a…