Opinion
Civil Action 5:22-cv-12-KDB-DSC
07-25-2022
ALEJANDRO J. SUELTA and ADRIANNE CARROLL, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITIBANK. N.A. and JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendants.
ORDER
DAVID S. CAYER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
THIS MATTER is before the Court on “Defendants' Motion to Stay” (document # 15) filed June 6, 2022. For the reasons set forth therein, the Motion will be GRANTED.
Defendants contend that further proceedings in this case should be stayed pending resolution of the certified class action in Christine Head et al. v. Citibank, N.A., No. 3:18-cv-08189-ROS, pending in the District of Arizona. These actions arise from similar operative facts, and Defendants sufficiently allege there is already a certified class that subsumes Plaintiffs' claims here. Consideration of the first-to-file rule and its component factors also supports a stay. For these reasons and the other reasons set forth in Defendants' briefs, the Motion is granted.
The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to counsel for the parties and to the Honorable Kenneth D. Bell.
SO ORDERED.