Summary
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of California grants Defendant Garda CL West, Inc.’s motion to stay this wage-and-hour action pending adjudication of final approval of a related state-court settlement, or until May 5, 2026, whichever is sooner. The Court also grants requests for judicial notice, vacates the scheduling conference, addresses potential tolling of the FLSA limitations period, and directs the Clerk to correct the case caption.
Holdings
- A limited stay was warranted until the motion for final approval in Murcia was adjudicated or May 5, 2026, whichever occurred first.
- The court could take judicial notice of the state-court records and granted defendant's requests for judicial notice.
Questions Presented
- Whether the district court should stay the action pending adjudication of final approval of the related Murcia settlement.
- Whether the court could take judicial notice of the related state-court filings.
- Whether the scheduling conference should be vacated in light of the stay.
Disposition
other
Cases Cited (7)
- Harris v. County of Orange, 682 F.3d 1126, 1131-32 (9th Cir. 2012)(followed)
- Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254-55 (1936)(followed)
- CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.2d 265, 268 (9th Cir. 1962)(followed)
- Leyva v. Certified Grocers of Cal., Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 864 (9th Cir. 1979)(followed)
- Lockyer v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1105 (9th Cir. 2005)(followed)
- Franklin v. Scripps Health, No. 22-CV-367-MMA (MDD), 2022 WL 4389691, at *6 (S.D. Cal. Sept. 21, 2022)(followed)
- Meints v. Regis Corp., No. 09CV2061 WQH (CAB), 2010 WL 625338, at *3 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2010)(followed)
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