Arellano
Arellano v. Officer Hodge
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAUL ARELLANO, JR., Case No.: 14-CV-590 JLS (JLB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER STAYING ACTION
v. OFFICER HODGE, et al., Defendants. 16 On May 15, 2020, Plaintiff Raul Arellano, Jr., a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Motion to Appoint Counsel (“Mot.,” ECF No. 232). The Pro Bono Panel has been unable to appoint Plaintiff an attorney due to the COVID-19 national emergency. “District courts have inherent authority to stay proceedings before them.” Rohan ex rel. Gates v. Woodford, 334 F.3d 803, 817 (9th Cir. 2003), abrogated on other grounds by Ryan v. Gonzales, 568 U.S. 57 (2013). “[T]he power to stay proceedings 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 counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936). After considering the totality of the circumstances of this litigation, including…