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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition to Quiet Title

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Case No.: 5:18-cv-03443-EJD

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC 

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GARY MERLE KOEPPEL, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 5:18-cv-03443-EJD 

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE 

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER 

Re: Dkt. No. 85 

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Nationstar Mortgage LLC, U.S. Bank, 

N.A., and Wells Fargo, N.A. have moved, ex parte, for a protective order staying discovery 

pending the court’s ruling on the pending Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings and Motion to 

Dismiss Third Party Complaint, which are set for hearing on October 17, 2019. The Koeppels 

opposed the ex parte motion. 

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

dispositive motion.” Hall v. Tilton, 2010 WL 539679, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 9, 2010) (citing 

Panola Land Buyers Ass’n. v. Shuman, 762 F.2d 1550, 1560 (11th Cir.1985)). Having considered 

the parties’ papers, the court finds that the pending motions are case dispositive and that they may 

be resolved without further discovery. See, e.g., Carter v. Oath Holdings, Inc., 2018 WL 

3067985, at *4 (N.D. Cal. June 21, 2018); Pac. Lumber Co. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of 

Pittsburgh, PA, 220 F.R.D. 349, 351-52 (N.D. Cal. 2003). Accordingly, the court stays discovery 

pending the court’s ruling on the pending motions. If appropriate, the court will entertain a 

motion to extend discovery following its ruling on the pending motions.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: October 7, 2019 

______________________________________ 

EDWARD J. DAVILA 

United States District Judge 

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