Vargas
Vargas v. Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATALY LOPEZ VARGAS, Case No. 1:22-cv-01645-ADA-HBK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STAY OF ACTION
AND VACATING ALL HEARING DATES
v. AND RELATED DEADLINES SAPUTO DAIRY FOODS USA, LLC, (Doc. No. 18) Defendant. 16 On May 26, 2023, Defendant Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC and Plaintiff Nataly Lopez Vargas (collectively, the “Parties”) filed a joint stipulated motion seeking a stay of this action.1 (Doc. No. 18). The Parties request the Court to stay this action, including all discovery, and to vacate all hearing dates and related deadlines in order that the Parties may engage in private mediation. (Id.). A court is vested with broad discretion to stay a case. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 705 (1997) (citing Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936)). The “party requesting a stay bears the burden of showing that the circumstances justify an exercise of that discretion.” Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418,…