Opinion
CASE NO: 8:11-cv-262-T-26EAJ.
June 3, 2011
ORDER
Upon due consideration of the parties' written submissions and oral arguments, and for the reasons announced on the record at the hearing held in this case this day, it is ordered and adjudged as follows:
1) The Defendants' Joint Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Appeal (Dkt. 49) is granted.
2) All proceedings in this case, including discovery, are stayed pending the outcome of Defendants' interlocutory appeal of the issue of qualified immunity to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
3) Defendants are directed not to destroy or alter in any manner, as well as to preserve, all documents relevant to this case during the pendency of the case.
4) The Clerk is directed to administratively close this case during the pendency of the stay.
DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida.