D.C. v. County of San Diego

• Court: District Court, S.D. California
• Decided: April 2, 2020
• Docket: 3:15-cv-01868
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 D.C., a minor by and through his Case No. 15-cv-1868-MMA (NLS) Guardian Ad Litem, HELEN GARTER, 12 on behalf of himself and all others ORDER GRANTING JOINT 13 similarly situated, MOTION TO STAY ACTION PENDING RESOLUTION OF 14 Plaintiff, PLAINTIFF’S PETITION FOR 15 v. WRIT OF CERTIORARI

16 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; JESSIE [Doc. No. 96] POLINSKY CHILDREN'S CENTER; and 17 SAN DIEGO COUNTY HEALTH AND 18 HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, 19 Defendants. 20 21 The parties jointly move to stay this action pending a resolution of Plaintiff’s 22 forthcoming Petition to the United States Supreme Court for a Writ of Certiorari of this 23 Court’s order denying class certification (“Petition”). See Doc. No. 96. Weighing the 24 competing interests, the Court GRANTS the parties’ joint motion and STAYS this action 25 pending a resolution of Plaintiff’s Petition. See Lockyer v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 26 1109 (9th Cir. 2005) (“A district court has discretionary power to stay proceedings in its 27 own court . . . .”); id. at 1110 (listing the “competing interests” weighed when deciding 28 1 ||whether to issue a stay). The Court ORDERS that the parties submit a joint status report 2 within 5 days of the Petition’s resolution. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 ||Dated: April 2, 2020 6 7 Maku lu (lilt HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 8 United States District Judge 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28