Izor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PAUL IZOR, Case No. 19-cv-01057-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S

MOTION TO STAY

v. Re: Dkt. No. 50 ABACUS DATA SYSTEMS, INC, Defendant.

Defendant moves the Court to stay this case under its inherent authority “until the Supreme Court decides the constitutionality of the TCPA in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc., 19-631.” Dkt. No. 50. For the reasons noted below, the Court DENIES Defendant’s motion to stay.1 I. DISCUSSION A district court’s “power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). To determine whether a Landis stay is warranted, courts consider: (1) “the possible damage which may result from the granting of a stay,” (2) “the hardship or inequity which a party may…