Hartigan
Hartigan v. Charter Communications, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 RAEANON HARTIGAN, individually Case No.: 3:19-cv-01962-H-MDD and on behalf of others,
ORDER DENYING JOINT MOTION
Plaintiff, TO STAY PROCEEDINGS v. 15 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS, INC. [Doc. No. 14.] 16 dba SPECTRUM, 17 Defendant.
On February 28, 2020, the parties filed a joint motion asking the Court to: (i) stay this case for approximately three months – until June 26, 2020 – pending a decision 21 in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631 (U.S. Jan. 10, 22 2020) and (ii) vacate the date set for the early neutral evaluation conference. (Doc. No. 14.) The power to stay a case is “incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for 25 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). The 26 Court has reviewed the parties’ papers and, exercising its discretion, determines that the circumstances…