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Parties Involved:
City of Lindsay
Counter Defendant
SQM North America Corporation
Counter Claimant
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile S.A.
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CITY OF LINDSAY,

Plaintiff,

v.

SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE 

CHILE S.A. and SQM NORTH 

AMERICA CORPORATION,

Defendants.

No. 1:11-cv-00046-DAD-SMS

ORDER EXTENDING STAY OF 

PROCEEDINGS PENDING ISSUANCE OF 

AN OPINION IN CITY OF POMONA v. SQM 

NORTH AMERICAN CORP., No. 15-56062 

(9th Cir.)

(Doc. No. 85)

On February 3, 2016, the court issued a minute order directing the parties to file a joint 

status report advising the court of the status of this case. (Doc. No. 84.) On March 1, 2016, the 

parties submitted their joint status report. (Doc. No. 85.) The parties now jointly request that the 

stay of these proceedings, including a stay of discovery, be continued pending resolution of a 

related case which is currently before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Having carefully reviewed the entire file and the parties’ joint request, the court finds 

good cause to continue the stay of proceedings in this case. Accordingly, 

1. The proceedings in this case, including discovery1, shall remain STAYED, pending 

the issuance of an opinion in City of Pomona v. SQM N. Am. Corp., No. 15-56062 (9th 

 

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The stay shall also be in effect with respect to any outstanding motions to compel compliance 

with subpoenas.

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Cir.), or the conclusion of the proceedings in that action;

2. On June 1, 2016, and every ninety (90) days thereafter, the parties shall file a joint 

status report advising the court of the status of the pending appeal; and 

3. Upon the issuance of an opinion by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal in City of 

Pomona or the conclusion of proceedings in that action, the parties shall notify the 

court in writing within ten (10) days thereafter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 3, 2016 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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