United States v. RAJMP, Inc.
- Proceeding
- district
- Area
- civil
- Panel
- Anthony J Heatia (author)
Analysis
The court considered the parties' joint motion to stay the case and administratively close it pending the execution of a settlement agreement. The court granted the motion, stayed the action, and ordered the Clerk to administratively close the case.
| What the court decided | The model |
|---|---|
Granting the Joint Motion to Stay and Administrative Closure“The Joint Motion is GRANTED; This action is stayed.” | agree with court The court found that good cause had been shown for the stay and closure, which is the appropriate standard for such procedural motions. The decision to administratively close the case is a standard docket management practice that does not terminate the court's jurisdiction. |
The order itself: sound — The order is procedurally sound. It correctly identifies the motion, finds good cause, and cites the appropriate Ninth Circuit authority to clarify that administrative closure does not divest the court of jurisdiction. The reasoning is sufficient for a procedural order of this nature.
Opinion
7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Case No.: 3:17-cv-515-AJB-DEB 10 ) 11 Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING JOINT ) MOTION TO STAY AND 12 v. ) ADMINISTRATIVE 13 ) CLOSURE OF THE CASE RAJMP, INC.; JOAN M. POLITTE; ) 14 MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS; ) 15 FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; ) CHICAGO TITLE COMPANY; ) 16 TBC CORPORATION; ) 17 SC TELECOM, LLC; WELLS FARGO ) 18 BANK, N.A.; PACIFIC WESTERN ) BANK; OUTFRONT MEDIA, INC.; ) 19 HALLE PROPERTIES, L.L.C.; ) 20 POFACO, INC.; COUNTY OF; ) SAN DIEGO; MIDAS REALTY ) 21 CORPORATION; KELLY M.; ) 22 POLITTE as the Personal ) Representative of the ESTATE OF ) 23 ROBERT A. POLITTE; TED R. ) 24 POLITTE as the Personal ) 25 Representative of the ESTATE OF ) ROBERT A. POLITTE, ) 26 ) 27 Defendants. ) _________________________________ ) 28 Having considered the parties’ Joint Motion to Stay (Doc. No. 272), the 2 || record contained herein, and for good cause having been shown, IT IS HEREBY 3 || ORDERED THAT: 4 1. The Joint Motion is GRANTED; 5 2. This action is stayed. 6 3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to ADMINISTRATIVELY 7 || CLOSE this case. The decision to administratively close this case pending 8 || execution of the settlement agreement does not have any jurisdictional effect. See 9 || Dees v. Billy, 394 F.3d 1290, 1294 (9th Cir. 2005) (‘An order administratively 10 || closing a case is a docket management tool that has no jurisdictional effect.’’). 1] 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 | Dated: December 22, 2020 , 8 Hon, Anthony J Heatia 15 United States District Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28