Szanto
Szanto v. Bank of New York
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PETER SZANTO, Case No.: 22-CV-1857 TWR (DEB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT
v. PREJUDICE PLAINTIFF’S EX
PARTE PETITION SEEKING
BANK OF NEW YORK,
PERMISSION TO FILE
aka Bank of New York Mellon Trust, ELECTRONICALLY aka BNY Mellon,
16 Defendant. (ECF No. 5)
Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Peter Szanto’s Ex Parte Petition Seeking Permission to File Electronically in the Within Case (“Ex Parte Pet.,” ECF No. 5). As an initial matter, the Court agrees with Plaintiff that “[t]he happenstance of graduating from the same university is merely a coincidence and nothing more.” (See id. at 2.) As for Plaintiff’s request for permission to file electronically in this case, the Court wields considerable discretion pursuant to its inherent power to control its docket. See Preminger v. Peake, 552 F.3d 757, 769 (9th Cir. 2008) (citing Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry Co. v.…