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D. Minn.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 18, 2020

Hull v. ConvergeOne, Inc.

Judge
Susan Nelson
Docket
0:20-cv-00984
Court
U.S. District Court · District of Minnesota
Pages
2
Civil Procedure
In one sentence

In Hull v. ConvergeOne, Judge Nelson stayed proceedings pending the Eighth Circuit’s full-court rehearing of Holbein.

Who this affects

The parties and the pending proceedings in Hull v. ConvergeOne, Inc.

What happened

In Hull v. ConvergeOne, Inc., both parties asked the District of Minnesota to pause the case while the Eighth Circuit reconsidered Holbein v. Baxter Chrysler Jeep, Inc. with all of its judges.

The court found that pausing the case would save time and resources for the court, the lawyers, and the parties.

Judge Susan Richard Nelson ordered the proceedings stayed until the Eighth Circuit resolves the rehearing.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Hull v. ConvergeOne, Inc. · No. 0:20-cv-00984
Judge
Susan Nelson
Date
Sept. 18, 2020

Background

The parties jointly requested a stay, meaning a pause in the proceedings, while the Eighth Circuit considered an en banc rehearing of Holbein v. Baxter Chrysler Jeep, Inc. The opinion states that the earlier Holbein opinion had been vacated after the rehearing was granted.

Court’s reasoning

The court explained that federal courts may pause proceedings to manage their dockets efficiently. It found that a stay would promote judicial economy and conserve the parties’ resources.

Ruling

Judge Susan Richard Nelson ordered that the proceedings be stayed pending resolution of the Eighth Circuit’s en banc rehearing in Holbein. The order did not decide the underlying claims in Hull v. ConvergeOne, Inc.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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