Wills
Wills v. City of Monterey
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CYNTHIA S WILLS, Case No. 21-cv-01998-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION TO STAY
CITY OF MONTEREY, et al., Docket No. 148 Defendants.
12 This order addresses Defendants City of Monterey, Monterey Police Department, and Monterey Harbor Patrol Health’s (“City Defendants”) Motion to Stay. Docket No. 148. The Court finds that oral argument will not be helpful and thus rules on the papers. The City Defendants request the Court stay discovery deadlines until no fewer than 30 days after the Supreme Court issues an opinion in Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, 72 F.4th 868 (9th Cir. 2023). Id. at 5. Grants Pass is relevant because it considers the scope of protection for unhoused individuals like Plaintiff under the Eighth Amendment. Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, 72 F.4th. Their stay request contemplates that the case would be bifurcated; claims against Defendant Montage Health which are not impacted by…