Harrington v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:23-cv-06296
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Harrington v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Judge Gilliam granted the FDIC’s motion to stay discovery while its potentially case-dispositive motion to dismiss remains pending.
The order pauses discovery for the plaintiffs and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation while the defendant’s motion to dismiss is pending.
What happened
In Harrington v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the defendant asked the court to pause discovery while its previously filed motion to dismiss was pending.
The court found good cause for the pause because the motion to dismiss could potentially resolve the entire case on jurisdictional grounds and could be decided without discovery. The court also noted that no case schedule had been set, so the pause was not expected to unfairly harm the plaintiffs.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. granted the defendant’s motion and ordered discovery stayed until the court resolves the motion to dismiss.
The detailed version
- Harrington v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · No. 4:23-cv-06296
- Haywood Gilliam
- May 29, 2024
Background
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation moved under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(c) to stay, or temporarily pause, discovery while its previously filed motion to dismiss was pending.
Court’s reasoning
The court found good cause for a discovery stay because the motion to dismiss was potentially dispositive of the entire case on jurisdictional grounds and could be decided without discovery. The court also noted that it had not yet established a case schedule, so temporarily pausing discovery would not unduly prejudice the plaintiffs.
Ruling
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. granted the defendant’s motion to stay discovery. The court ordered discovery stayed pending resolution of the defendant’s motion to dismiss. The opinion did not decide the motion to dismiss itself.
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