Summary
The document is a stipulation and order in a putative class and collective action between Julie Galvez and Hilton Resorts Corporation. The parties jointly request a 62-day stay of proceedings to allow private mediation and exchange of pay and time records, with a status report due within 14 days after the stay expires.
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Questions Presented
- Whether good cause existed to stay all proceedings for 62 days while the parties continued private mediation.
Holdings
- The court granted the parties' joint request and stayed all proceedings through February 10, 2026, because the parties' continued mediation could simplify or resolve the litigation, the parties identified avoidable litigation hardship, and no prejudice was shown.
Key quotations
“[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the dispositions of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” (at 2)
“A trial court may, with propriety, find it is efficient for its own docket and the fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action before it, pending resolution of independent proceedings which bear upon the case.” (at 2)
Factual background
The parties were pursuing private mediation in a putative class and collective action. The mediation was rescheduled from December 10, 2025, to February 10, 2026, in part to allow additional time to exchange extensive pay and time records. The parties represented that a stay would avoid unnecessary litigation costs and preserve judicial resources, and that neither side would be prejudiced.
Procedural history
Plaintiff filed a putative class and collective action against Hilton Resorts Corporation. The parties requested a fourth stay of the case so they could continue mediation and exchange pay and time records; the court approved a 62-day stay through February 10, 2026, and required a joint status report afterward.