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ar c i ano , 882 F . 2d 1411, 1413 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 8 9 ) , a n d w e a f f irm . T he di stri ctcourtdi d n otabuse i t s di sc re t i on i n rul i ng thatthe st at e c ou rt pl a i nt i f f’ s pur s ui tof

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af e de r a l c l a s s w oul d notha ve te rm in a te d th e p a r a lle l s ta te c o u rt a c tio n . Neg r e te v . Al l i a n zLi f e I n s . Co . o f N. Am ., 5 2 3 F .3 d 1 0 9 1 , 1 1 0 0 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 8 ) . W e a ls o r e

je c t B itte r ’s c o n te n tio n th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u r t e rr e d in f a ilin g to consi der F eder al R ul e of C i vi l P roce du re 23 i n app l yi ng the C ol orado R i ve r d o c tr in e . R u le 2 3 g o v e rn s th e p r o c e d u r e f o rm a in ta in in g af

e d e r a l a c tio n o n b e h a lf o f a cl ass, F e d. R . C i v. P . 23. I tdoe s notappl y t o the a nt e c e de ntque s t i on of w h e th e rad is tr ic t c o u rt s h o u ld s ta y th e f e d e r a l a c tio n in d e f

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R u le 2 3 ’s c o n c e rn s ab o u t f a irn e s s , a d e q u a c y , an d e f f ic ie n c y . See Fe d . R. Ci v . P. 2 3 ( a ) ( 4 ) , ( b ) ( 3 ) ; M

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