Mahboob

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Beheshta MAHBOOB, on behalf of Case No.: 15-cv-0628-TWR-AGS herself and all others similarly ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S situated,

MOTION TO STAY (ECF 166)

Plaintiffs, v. EDUCATIONAL CREDIT

MANAGEMENT CORP.,

Defendant. 17 Defendant moves for a stay until the California Supreme Court decides Smith v. LoanMe, Inc., Case No. S260391. Because a stay would simplify the issues with minimal prejudice to plaintiff, the Court grants defendant’s request. BACKGROUND Defendant Educational Credit Management Corporation allegedly recorded its phone conversations with plaintiff without consent. (ECF 1, at 2-3). Plaintiff sued ECMC for unlawful privacy-invasion under California Penal Code section 632.7, which is the sole remaining claim in this putative class action. (ECF 153, at 11.) In 2019, the California Court of Appeal ruled that section 632.7 only applies to…