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Parties Involved:
CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Defendant
Yomaira Wilson
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

YOMAIRA WILSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

CVS PHARMACY, INC,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01671 - - - JLT

ORDER STAYING ACTION PENDING 

ARBITRATION

(Doc. 5)

The parties have stipulated to stay this action to allow them to proceed via arbitration. 

(Doc. 5) 

A district court has the inherent power to stay its proceedings. This power to stay is 

“incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its 

docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” Landis v. North 

American Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936); see also Gold v. Johns–Manville Sales Corp., 723 F.2d 

1068, 1077 (3d Cir.1983) (holding that the power to stay proceedings comes from the power of 

every court to manage the cases on its docket and to ensure a fair and efficient adjudication of 

the matter at hand). This is best accomplished by the “exercise of judgment, which must weigh 

competing interests and maintain an even balance.” Landis, 299 U.S. at 254–55. In determining 

whether a stay is warranted, courts consider the potential prejudice to the non-moving party; the 

hardship or inequity to the moving party if the action is not stayed; and the judicial resources that 

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would be saved by simplifying the case or avoiding duplicative litigation if the case before the 

court is stayed. CMAX, Inc. v. Hall, 300 F.2d 265, 268 (9th Cir.1962). 

The Court finds the parties’ resources and the Court’s resources would be preserved if the 

matter was stayed pending the mediation. Moreover, the Court is unaware of any hardship or 

inequity that would result thereby. Consequently, the Court will GRANT the stipulation. (Doc. 

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ORDER

1. The stipulation of the parties to stay this matter (Doc. 5) is GRANTED;

2. Every 180 days and no later than 30 days after the arbitrator issues the decision,

the parties SHALL file a joint status report setting forth the status of the matter and detailing 

whether the Court should lift the stay;

3. All pending dates and hearings are VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 11, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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