Opinion
Case No. 19-2534-HLT
07-27-2020
NATHAN C. JONES, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. USHEALTH GROUP, INC., et al., Defendants.
ORDER
On March 12, 2020, the court granted defendants' unopposed motion to stay (ECF No. 53), pending a potentially dispositive ruling from the United States Supreme Court in Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants, No. 19-631. The parties filed a joint status report on July 20, 2020 (ECF No. 54), asking to continue the stay until spring 2021. The Supreme Court issued its decision in Barr, then granted a petition for certiorari on July 9, 2020, in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511, to resolve a circuit split on the meaning of "automatic telephone dialing system." The parties agree this holding "will streamline discovery in this case and provide the parties and the court much needed guidance on a dispositive issue." The court agrees it is in the interest of judicial economy to continue the stay until the Supreme Court issues its decision in Duguid, which is expected in spring 2021. The parties shall submit a joint proposed amended scheduling order within 14 days of that decision.
ECF No. 54.
Id. --------
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated July 27, 2020, at Kansas City, Kansas.
s/ James P. O'Hara
James P. O'Hara
U.S. Magistrate Judge