Izor
Izor v. Abacus Data Systems Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PAUL IZOR, Case No. 19-cv-01057-HSG
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S
MOTION TO STAY
9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 50 10 ABACUS DATA SYSTEMS, INC, 11 Defendant.
12 Defendant moves the Court to stay this case under its inherent authority “until the Supreme 13 Court decides the constitutionality of the TCPA in Barr v. American Association of Political 14 Consultants Inc., 19-631.” Dkt. No. 50. For the reasons noted below, the Court DENIES 15 Defendant’s motion to stay.1 16 I. DISCUSSION 17 A district court’s “power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every 18 court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for 19 itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). To 20 determine whether a Landis stay is warranted, courts consider: (1) “the possible damage which 21 may result from the granting of a stay,” (2) “the hardship or inequity which a party may…