Rahman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MOHAMMED RAHMAN, Case No. 3:20-cv-03047-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER LIFTING STAY

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 35 GATE GOURMET, INC., et al., Defendants.

12 The parties in this putative class action agreed to stay the case to examine a proposed settlement reached in California state court. That state-court case had previously been in federal court and is between the defendant here, Gate Gourmet1, and a different named plaintiff representing essentially the same putative class. The plaintiff here, Mohammed Rahman, sought to intervene in that matter to prevent the settlement from being approved. According to him, it does a disservice to the class and may be collusive. The state-court judge, the Hon. Elihu M. Berle, has yet to rule on that motion. Rahman moves to lift the stay. That motion is granted. Because this case was filed before the state-court action, Judge Berle asked the parties to inquire about my views on whether that case should be stayed in favor of this one. …