CAROLYN K. DELANEY, Magistrate Judge.
Before the court is plaintiffs' motion to compel defendants to respond to certain interrogatories, requests for production, and requests to enter and inspect defendants' land. (ECF No. 18.) Having considered the parties' joint statement regarding their discovery disagreement, argument at the hearing on this issue on September 25, 2019, and all related documents, the court orders defendants to comply with plaintiffs' request to inspect the five locations identified in plaintiffs' five requests.
Defendants shall allow plaintiffs access to each facility (including associated land and fields) where defendants' strawberry varieties are located no later than October 30, 2019 and shall permit plaintiffs to collect at least two samples from each variety by the appropriate techniques (either hole punching or removing young leaves). Plaintiffs shall be permitted to perform genetic analysis on each sample including (1) DNA extraction from the samples using a vendor such as Omega Bio-tek, (2) DNA microarray analysis on the samples using a vendor such as Affymetrix, and (3) any such additional analysis as may be necessary to determine the genetic heritage of the varieties sampled.
As to defendants' request to stay discovery until the resolution of their motion to dismiss (ECF No. 7), that request will be granted. The court has the inherent power to stay proceedings and manage its own docket.
Accordingly, the court ORDERS:
1. Defendants must comply, as outlined in this order, with plaintiffs' requests for entry upon land for inspection and other purposes numbers one through five.
2. Discovery is otherwise stayed until defendants' motion to dismiss (ECF No. 7) is decided.