Hartranft

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SEAN HARTRANFT, C ase No.: 18-cv-1187-BEN (RBB) 8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING vs. APPEAL IN APPEAL NO. 19-56390 10 ENCORE CAPITAL GROUP, INC., a [Dkt. No. 28] Delaware Corporation,

Defendant.

15 After filing this case, Plaintiff moved to intervene in Multidistrict Litigation 16 (“MDL”) proceedings being managed by the Honorable Michael M. Anello in the U.S. 17 District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 11-MD-2286-MMA 18 (MDD). Plaintiff’s motion to intervene was denied and Plaintiff appealed. The appeal 19 is now fully briefed and awaiting oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for 20 the Ninth Circuit, Appeal No. 19-56390. 21 At the same time, the parties in the MDL proceedings before Judge Anello have 22 asked for a stay pending the decision in a case recently granted certiorari by the U.S. 23 Supreme Court concerning the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). See 24 Facebook Inc. v. Duguid, Supreme Court…