Christopher Morris v. Frontier Airlines, Inc., Civil Action No. 25-cv-03912-NYW-KAS (D. Colo. Jan. 8, 2026) | United States District Court for the District of Colorado 2026 | LawTools

Cases Cited(12)

Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254–55 (1936)Followed

Kremmling Sanitation Dist. v. Everest Nat. Ins. Co., No. 09-cv-00635-PAB-BNB, 2009 WL 1324124, at *1 (D. Colo. May 12, 2009)Followed

Kissing Camels Surgery Ctr., LLC v. Centura Health Corp., No. 12-cv-03012-WJM-NYW, 2015 WL 9304625, at *4 (D. Colo. Dec. 22, 2015)Followed

Profitstreams LLC v. Ameranth, Inc., No. 11-cv-01710-RBJ-KLM, 2011 WL 5024912, at *1 (D. Colo. Oct. 21, 2011)Followed

United Food & Com. Workers Int'l Union, Loc. No. 7 v. King Soopers, Inc., No. 13-cv-02335-RM-KMT, 2014 WL 2536489, at *1 (D. Colo. June 5, 2014)Followed

Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Glickauf, No. 18-cv-02549-CMA-NYW, 2019 WL 1897845, at *2 (D. Colo. Feb. 14, 2019)Followed

String Cheese Incident, LLC v. Stylus Shows, Inc., No. 05-cv-01934-LTB-PAC, 2006 WL 894955, at *2 (D. Colo. Mar. 30, 2006)Followed

Howell v. Gate Gourmet, Inc., No. 24-cv-00633-RMR-KAS, 2024 WL 5055585, at *2–3 (D. Colo. June 19, 2024)Followed

Bank of Colorado v. Wibaux 1, LLC, No. 17-cv-02871-CMA-KMT, 2018 WL 2562662, at *4 (D. Colo. June 4, 2018)Followed

Downey v. Am. Nat'l Prop. & Cas. Co., No. 1:11-cv-00587-MCA-KBM, 2012 WL 13071548, at *11 (D.N.M. Mar. 31, 2012)Followed

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Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Colorado denied Christopher Morris’s motion to stay proceedings pending a forthcoming motion to remand, or alternatively to extend the deadline to respond to Frontier Airlines’ motion to dismiss. Applying the String Cheese factors, the court concluded that a stay was not warranted and ordered Morris to respond to the motion to dismiss by January 16, 2026.

Holdings

A stay or indefinite extension was not warranted because the relevant factors weighed against delaying briefing and resolution of the pending jurisdictional motion.

Questions Presented

Whether the court should stay all proceedings or extend the deadline to respond to Frontier's Rule 12(b)(1) motion pending resolution of Morris's forthcoming motion to remand.
Whether the String Cheese factors supported a stay in light of potentially intertwined jurisdictional issues.

Disposition

other

Cases Cited (12)

Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254–55 (1936)(followed)
Kremmling Sanitation Dist. v. Everest Nat. Ins. Co., No. 09-cv-00635-PAB-BNB, 2009 WL 1324124, at *1 (D. Colo. May 12, 2009)(followed)
Kissing Camels Surgery Ctr., LLC v. Centura Health Corp., No. 12-cv-03012-WJM-NYW, 2015 WL 9304625, at *4 (D. Colo. Dec. 22, 2015)(followed)
Profitstreams LLC v. Ameranth, Inc., No. 11-cv-01710-RBJ-KLM, 2011 WL 5024912, at *1 (D. Colo. Oct. 21, 2011)(followed)
United Food & Com. Workers Int'l Union, Loc. No. 7 v. King Soopers, Inc., No. 13-cv-02335-RM-KMT, 2014 WL 2536489, at *1 (D. Colo. June 5, 2014)(followed)
Clarendon Nat'l Ins. Co. v. Glickauf, No. 18-cv-02549-CMA-NYW, 2019 WL 1897845, at *2 (D. Colo. Feb. 14, 2019)(followed)
String Cheese Incident, LLC v. Stylus Shows, Inc., No. 05-cv-01934-LTB-PAC, 2006 WL 894955, at *2 (D. Colo. Mar. 30, 2006)(followed)
Howell v. Gate Gourmet, Inc., No. 24-cv-00633-RMR-KAS, 2024 WL 5055585, at *2–3 (D. Colo. June 19, 2024)(followed)
Bank of Colorado v. Wibaux 1, LLC, No. 17-cv-02871-CMA-KMT, 2018 WL 2562662, at *4 (D. Colo. June 4, 2018)(followed)
Downey v. Am. Nat'l Prop. & Cas. Co., No. 1:11-cv-00587-MCA-KBM, 2012 WL 13071548, at *11 (D.N.M. Mar. 31, 2012)(followed)

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