Opinion
Civil Action 2:20-cv-01750
01-06-2022
EBONI D. LUCAS, JEREMY GOARD, CHRISTOPHER MANLONGAT and SHAWNDREA STAFFORD, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, THE INTERNAL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OF MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL, and JOHN DOES 1-30 Defendants.
LAW OFFICE OF HAYES & WELSCH Martin L. Welsh,
LAW OFFICE OF HAYES & WELSCH
Martin L. Welsh,
ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED STAY
PENDING UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION
ECF Nos. 29, 44, 54, 55
THE HONORABLE JENNIFER A DORSEY, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE
Plaintiffs, Eboni D. Lucas, Jeremy Goard, Christopher Manlongat and Shawndrea Stafford and Defendants MGM Resorts International and The Internal Compensation Committee of MGM Resorts International, the Administrative Committee of MGM Resorts International have moved the Court to stay and suspend all deadlines under the Joint Discovery Plan (ECF 38) pending a decision from this court on Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and the United States Supreme Court in the case captioned Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401, 141 S.Ct. 2882 (July 2, 2021) (the “Hughes Case”). After considering the Parties' Stipulated Motion, [ECF No. 55] the Motion is hereby GRANTED.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is STAYED for all purposes pending the United States Supreme Court's decision in Hughes v. Northwestern University, No. 19-1401. Within 14 days of that ruling, the parties must meet and confer and submit a proposed Amended Joint Discovery Schedule to the Court that will include revised dates for an Amended Complaint, should Plaintiffs opt to amend, a revised deadline for a Motion to Dismiss, if necessary, and other revised scheduling dates. The parties must submit a joint motion to lift stay along with that proposed schedule.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion to Dismiss [ECF No. 29] is DENIED without prejudice to its prompt refiling after the stay is lifted, and the original motion to stay and request to supplement that motion [ECF Nos. 44, 54] are DENIED as moot.