Stafford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 Bryon Stafford, Case No.: 3:17-cv-1340-AJB-JLB

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO STAY PENDING THE

COURT’S RESOLUTION OF THE

Rite Aid Corporation,

MOTION TO COMPEL

Defendant. ARBITRATION (Doc. No. 82)

Before the Court is Rite Aid’s motion to stay the case pending the Court’s resolution on the currently-pending motion to compel arbitration. (Doc. No. 82.) Because Rite Aid’s motion was filed two years into litigation and after extensive discovery has already been done, the Court finds a delay now would be prejudicial to the parties, the Court, and the Court’s efficiency to run its docket. Accordingly, the Court DENIES Rite Aid’s motion to stay. I. BACKGROUND The case’s facts are detailed in two orders denying dismissal. (Docs. No. 29, 41.) Relevant to this motion is Rite Aid’s currently-pending motion to compel arbitration, which is set for…