Koeppel

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 SAN JOSE DIVISION 4

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC

5 REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., Case No. 5:18-cv-03443-EJD 6 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE 4 MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER Vv. Re: Dkt. No. 85 8 GARY MERLE KOEPPEL, et al., 9 Defendants. 10 Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Nationstar Mortgage LLC, U.S. Bank, 11 N.A., and Wells Fargo, N.A. have moved, ex parte, for a protective order staying discovery 12 pending the court’s ruling on the pending Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Motion to 13 Dismiss Third Party Complaint, which are set for hearing on October 17, 2019. The Koeppels 14 || opposed the ex parte motion.

45 “A district court has broad discretion to stay discovery pending the disposition of a B 16 || dispositive motion.” Hall v. Tilton, 2010 WL 539679, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2010) (citing 5 17. || Panola Land Buyers Ass’n. v. Shuman, 762 F.2d 1550,…