Huffman v. Davey Tree Expert Company, CV 418-184. (2019)
Court: District Court, S.D. Georgia
Number: infdco20190109f21
Visitors: 3
Filed: Jan. 08, 2019
Latest Update: Jan. 08, 2019
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Intervene and Stay Civil Case and Discovery. (Doc. 36.) In its motion, the Government requests that it be allowed to intervene in this action "for the limited purpose of moving to stay the civil proceeding and any civil discovery in light of recent federal criminal charges involving substantially similar facts, evidence, witnesses and circumstances at issue." ( Id. at 1.) In response. Plaintiff h
Summary: ORDER WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR. , District Judge . Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Intervene and Stay Civil Case and Discovery. (Doc. 36.) In its motion, the Government requests that it be allowed to intervene in this action "for the limited purpose of moving to stay the civil proceeding and any civil discovery in light of recent federal criminal charges involving substantially similar facts, evidence, witnesses and circumstances at issue." ( Id. at 1.) In response. Plaintiff ha..
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ORDER
WILLIAM T. MOORE, JR., District Judge.
Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Intervene and Stay Civil Case and Discovery. (Doc. 36.) In its motion, the Government requests that it be allowed to intervene in this action "for the limited purpose of moving to stay the civil proceeding and any civil discovery in light of recent federal criminal charges involving substantially similar facts, evidence, witnesses and circumstances at issue." (Id. at 1.) In response. Plaintiff has consented to the temporary stay in this action. (Doc. 37.) After careful review of the record in this case, the Court agrees that a stay is warranted pending the resolution of the ongoing criminal proceedings. Accordingly, the Government's motion is GRANTED. This case and any discovery in this case is hereby stayed until the related criminal action is resolved, provided that the related criminal action is resolved in a timely manner. The Court notes that the Government often fails to handle criminal matters involving a possible death penalty in a timely and efficient manner. The parties are on notice that this Court will not indefinitely stay this action.
SO ORDERED.
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