Trump v. YouTube, LLC
- Yvonne Rogers
- 4:21-cv-08009
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 2
In Trump v. YouTube, Judge White stayed the case, struck pending motions, and allowed refiling after the Twitter appeal ends.
The parties in Trump v. YouTube, LLC, whose case was stayed and whose pending motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction were struck, subject to refiling later.
What happened
In Trump v. YouTube, LLC, the court considered whether to pause the case while an appeal in a related Twitter case was pending.
The court stayed this matter and struck the pending motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction. The parties may refile those motions later, and they must jointly notify the court within seven days after the Twitter case reaches a final disposition.
Judge Jeffrey S. White entered the order on August 3, 2022.
The detailed version
- Trump v. YouTube, LLC · No. 4:21-cv-08009
- Yvonne Rogers
- Aug. 3, 2022
Background
The court reviewed the parties’ responses to an order asking why it should not stay this case until the final disposition of an appeal from the dismissal of a related case involving Twitter. The court explained that federal courts have authority to pause proceedings to manage their dockets efficiently and must weigh potential harm, hardship, and the orderly resolution of legal and factual issues.
Ruling
The court exercised its discretion to stay the matter. It also struck the pending motions to dismiss and for a preliminary injunction, without prejudice to the parties refiling those motions at a later date. The parties were ordered to file a joint notice within seven days after the final disposition of the Twitter matter.
Effect
The case was paused, and the pending motions were removed from consideration for the time being. The order did not decide the merits of the parties’ underlying claims or the motions; it allowed those motions to be filed again later.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.