Riley

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANNON RILEY, Case No.: 3:18-cv-2911-JAH-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO STAY

VIZCARRA, et al., [ECF No. 34] Defendants. 16 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff Shannon Riley’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Stay Proceedings. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff requests that proceedings in this case be stayed for two months or until July 1, 2020, whichever is sooner. Id. at 2. Plaintiff anticipates being transferred to the Los Angeles County Jail regarding an evidentiary hearing in a related criminal case. Id. at 1. Since he does not know how long the Los Angeles proceedings will last, Plaintiff represents to the Court that he believes he will not be able to effectively litigate or adequately respond to any motions Defendants may file in the instant case. Id. at 2. A district court has “broad discretion to stay proceedings as an incident to its power to control its own docket.”…