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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROY A. MONTES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

OFFICER RAFALOWSKI, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 09-0976 RMW (PR)

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR STAY OF DISCOVERY

(Docket No. 31)

Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. On April 15, 2009, the court ordered service of plaintiff’s complaint. Currently

pending before this court is defendants’ motion to stay discovery pending the court’s ruling

on defendants’ motion for summary judgment and qualified immunity.

A district court has broad discretion to stay discovery pending the disposition of a

dispositive motion. See Panola Land Buyers Ass’n v. Shuman, 762 F.2d 1550, 1560 (11th 

Cir. 1985). But motions to stay discovery are not favored where resolution of the dispositive

motion may not dispose of the entire case. Id. Here, should defendants’ motion for summary

judgment be granted, it would dispose of the entire case. Moreover, the court should stay

discovery until it resolves the question of qualified immunity. See Crawford-El v. Britton,

523 U.S. 574, 598 (1998).

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Accordingly, the court GRANTS defendants’ motion to stay discovery until

disposition of defendants’ motion for summary judgment and qualified immunity.

This order terminates docket no. 31.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: __________ ___________________________

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

Order Granting Defendants’ Motion for Stay of Discovery

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