Juarez
Juarez v. Jani-King of California, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ALEJANDRO JUAREZ, ET AL., CASE NO. 09-cv-03495-YGR
12 Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR A STAY
13 vs. Re: Dkt. No. 288 14 JANI-KING OF CALIFORNIA, INC., ET AL., 15 Defendants.
16 Pending before the Court is defendants’ Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Decision of 17 the California Supreme Court. (Dkt. No. 288.) Having read and considered the filings on the 18 motion, and for good cause showing, the motion is DENIED.1 19 Federal courts have broad, inherent authority to stay their own proceedings pending the 20 resolution of another matter, when the resolution of that other matter could affect the case before 21 the court. See Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); Mediterranean Ents., Inc. v. 22 Ssangyong Corp., 708 F.2d 1458, 1465 (9th Cir. 1983) (“A trial court may, with propriety, find it 23 is efficient for its own docket and the fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action 24 before it, pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon…