Opinion
23-cv-20244-BLOOM/Otazo-Reyes
05-26-2023
MARC WOLF, Plaintiff, v. HYATT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.
ORDER ON UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY
BETH BLOOM, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Stay Case, ECF No. [14] (“Motion”), filed on May 25, 2023. Therein, Defendants assert that this case has the same defendants and presents the same jurisdictional and forum non conveniens issues as a case currently pending before the Honorable Lawrence King, John Doe (V.H.), as parent and natural guardian of T.H., a minor v. Hyatt Hotels Corporation et al, No. 1:22-cv-20923-JLK (the “V.H. Case”). ECF No. [14] at 2. In that case, the jurisdictional and forum non conveniens issues have been fully briefed. Id. at 2. The parties urge the Court to stay this case pending a decision in the V.H. Case before Judge King, because a decision in that case “is likely to have a substantial or controlling effect on the claims and issues” in this case. Id. at 3 (citing Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida v. S. Florida Water Mgmt. Dist., 559 F.3d 1191, 1198 (11th Cir. 2009)).
In light of the parties' agreement, the Court agrees that a stay is appropriate and in the interest of judicial economy. See Morrissey v. Subaru of America, Inc., No. 15-cv-21106, 2015 WL 4512641, at *2 (S.D. Fla. July 24, 2015) (granting a stay in similar circumstances, despite one party's opposition).
Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. Defendants' Motion, ECF No. [14], is GRANTED.
2. This case is STAYED pending a decision on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss that is pending in the V.H. Case before Judge King, Case No. 1:22-cv-20923.
3. No less than seven days after a ruling is rendered in the V.H. Case, the parties shall file a Joint Notice setting forth Judge King's decision and addressing that decision's effect, if any, on this case. Upon receipt of that Notice, the Court will set a deadline for Defendants to respond to the Complaint.
4. The Clerk shall ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSE the case.
DONE AND ORDERED.