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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANGEL KEITH TOSCANO, JR., et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

CITY OF FRESNO, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01987-SAB 

ORDER STAYING ACTION

On July 24, 2015, this Court entered an order granting in part and denying in part 

Defendants’ motion for summary judgment. (ECF No. 54.) The Court denied summary 

judgment with respect to Plaintiffs’ Section 1983 claims against Defendant Lyon and granted 

summary judgment with respect to Plaintiffs’ Section 1983 claims against Defendant City of 

Fresno. In denying the motion for summary judgment with respect to Defendant Lyon, the Court 

found that Defendant Lyon was not entitled to qualified immunity. Currently a jury trial on the 

remaining claims is set for February 16, 2016. (ECF No. 41.)

On July 31, 2015, Defendant Lyon filed a notice of appeal of the order on the motion for 

summary judgment. (ECF No. 55.) On September 16, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a motion to dismiss 

the appeal for lack of jurisdiction in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On 

September 21, 2015, Defendant Lyon filed an opposition to the motion to dismiss. On 

September 28, 2015, Plaintiffs filed a reply to Defendant Lyon’s opposition. 

On September 22, 2015, the Moreno Plaintiffs filed in this Court before the undersigned a 

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petition to certify Defendant Lyon’s appeal as frivolous. (ECF No. 64.) On September 23, 2015, 

Defendant Lyon filed an opposition. (ECF No. 65.) On September 24, 2015, the Henson 

Plaintiffs joined the Moreno Plaintiffs’ petition to certify the appeal as frivolous. (ECF No. 67.) 

On September 30, 2015, Plaintiffs replied to Defendant Lyon’s opposition. (ECF No. 68.) After 

a hearing, on October 19, 2015, the Court granted Plaintiffs’ petition to certify Defendant Lyon’s 

appeal as frivolous. (ECF No. 70.) 

Subsequently, on October 20, 2015, Defendant Lyon filed a motion to stay the lower 

court action in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On October 27, 2015, 

Plaintiffs filed an opposition. 

On November 18, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entered 

an order denying without prejudice Plaintiffs’ motion to dismiss the appeal for lack of 

jurisdiction and granting Defendant Lyon’s motion to stay the district court proceedings pending

the appeal. Pursuant to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s order, the 

Court will stay the district court proceedings and all pending dates will be vacated. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Pursuant to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s order, the 

district court proceedings are STAYED pending the appeal;

2. All pending dates in the district court proceedings are VACATED; and 

3. The parties shall file a joint status report advising the Court of the status of the Court 

of Appeals case no later than February 5, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 19, 2015 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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