Opinion
Civil Action No. 07-cv-00502-EWN-BNB.
May 21, 2007
ORDER
The parties appeared this morning for a status conference at their request and pursuant to the Joint Motion for a Status Conference [Doc. # 6, filed 4/13/2007] (the "Joint Motion"). According to the Joint Motion:
Plaintiff has very recently become mentally incapacitated for reasons unrelated to her claims against the federal defendants. Plaintiff's counsel understand that Plaintiff's family may be in the process of securing a personal representative for the Plaintiff. Given Plaintiff's condition, Plaintiff's counsel is unclear of how to proceed, and does not believe he has the consent, or can secure the consent, of his client. . . .Joint Motion at ¶ 5. The plaintiff's counsel has requested, without opposition, a brief stay of the proceedings while he investigates his client's capacity and considers how to proceed. Good cause having been shown:
IT IS ORDERED that the request for a stay is GRANTED and the case is STAYED to and including June 15, 2007.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintiff's response to the Defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Doc. # 12, filed 5/21/2007] is due on or before June 22, 2007.