Sweet

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THERESA SWEET, et al., Plaintiffs, No. C 19-03674 WHA

v.

MIGUEL CARDONA, et al., ORDER RE MOTION TO STAY

JUDGMENT PENDING APPEAL

Defendants.

15 INTRODUCTION On November 16, 2022, a settlement between the United States Secretary of Education and a class of student-loan borrowers received final approval. The entry of final judgment started a 60-day clock to appeal. Of roughly half a million class members, none appealed the final approval order. But on day 58, three intervenor schools did. They now move this district court for a stay pending appeal. Specifically, they move to stay the entire judgment or, in the alternative, the judgment as to them. Recall this settlement is independent from the more far-reaching loan forgiveness initiative under review by the Supreme Court. And notwithstanding the broad relief that this settlement provides, the instant motion turns on a narrow question: have these…