FFV Coyote LLC v. City of San Jose
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 FFV COYOTE LLC, et al., Case No. 22-cv-00837-VKD
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY
v. PROCEEDINGS
CITY OF SAN JOSE, Re: Dkt. No. 42 Defendant.
13 Plaintiffs ask the Court to stay this action for six months to allow for progress in a pending regulatory process and for further settlement negotiations. Dkt. No. 42 at 1. The City opposes the motion. Dkt. No. 43. The Court finds this motion is suitable for decision without oral argument. Civil L.R. 7-1(b). A district court has inherent authority and discretion to stay proceedings in the interest of the conservation of resources “for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). In appropriate circumstances, a court may stay an action “pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon the case . . . whether the separate proceedings are judicial, administrative, or…