Blige v. Ferguson

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA SAVANNAH DIVISION JEROME BLIGE, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) CV424-131 ) ERNEST FERGUSON, et al., ) ) Defendants. )

ORDER Plaintiffs, with Defendants’ consent, move for a stay of discovery pending an anticipated motion to dismiss by Defendant City of Savannah. Doc. 82. “Plaintiffs seek a stay of the current discovery deadlines in order that the issues for the remaining discovery are clarified by this Court’s decision on the forthcoming motion to dismiss.” Id. at 2. The Court has broad discretion to stay discovery as part of its inherent authority to control its docket. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997); see also Panola Land Buyers Ass'n v. Shuman, 762 F.2d 1550, 1560 (11th Cir. 1985) (“[A] magistrate [judge] has broad discretion to stay discovery pending decision on a dispositive motion.”). Having reviewed the motion, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Consent Motion to Stay Discovery, doc. 82. If the City of Savannah files the anticipated motion

to dismiss, the parties are DIRECTED to confer and submit an updated Rule 26(f) Report within 14 days of this Court’s disposition of the City’s Motion. If the City does not file a motion to dismiss, the parties are DIRECTED to confer and submit an updated Rule 26(f) Report within 7 days of the filing of the last Defendants’ responsive pleading. SO ORDERED, this 17th day of April, 2025.

(Aipho~d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA