Bell Semiconductor, LLC v. Maxlinear, Inc.

District Court, S.D. California · 3:22-cv-01537 · 2023-01-05 · Unknown

Proceeding: district
Area: civil
Panel: Cynthia Ann Bashant (author)

Analysis

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Defendant Maxlinear, Inc. filed an unopposed motion to stay the civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 1659 pending the final determination of a related ITC investigation. The court granted the motion, staying the case and ordering the parties to file periodic joint status reports.

What the court decided	The model
Motion to Stay Proceeding granted “The Court finds § 1659 applies here. Hence, the Court GRANTS the Stay Motion (ECF No. 16) and STAYS this action pending final decision in ITC Investigation 337-TA-1342.”	agree with court The order recites that the motion is unopposed and that the statutory conditions for a mandatory stay under 28 U.S.C. § 1659 are met (the defendant is a respondent in the ITC proceeding and the claims involve the same issues). The court correctly identifies the statute as mandatory ('shall stay') and cites the Federal Circuit's interpretation of the statute's purpose. The decision follows directly from the statutory text and the facts recited in the order.
Order to file joint status reports “Further, the Court ORDERS the parties to file a joint status report by no later than March 6, 2023, and to file a joint status report every six months thereafter until ITC Investigation 337-TA-1342 has concluded. The Court also ORDERS the parties to file a joint status report within ten (10) days after the Commission issues its final decision in Investigation 337-TA-1342.”	agree with court This is a procedural order to manage the docket during the stay. It is a standard and reasonable exercise of the court's inherent authority to manage its calendar and ensure the case is not forgotten during the stay period.

What the court decided

The model

Motion to Stay Proceeding granted

“The Court finds § 1659 applies here. Hence, the Court GRANTS the Stay Motion (ECF No. 16) and STAYS this action pending final decision in ITC Investigation 337-TA-1342.”

agree with court
The order recites that the motion is unopposed and that the statutory conditions for a mandatory stay under 28 U.S.C. § 1659 are met (the defendant is a respondent in the ITC proceeding and the claims involve the same issues). The court correctly identifies the statute as mandatory ('shall stay') and cites the Federal Circuit's interpretation of the statute's purpose. The decision follows directly from the statutory text and the facts recited in the order.

Order to file joint status reports

“Further, the Court ORDERS the parties to file a joint status report by no later than March 6, 2023, and to file a joint status report every six months thereafter until ITC Investigation 337-TA-1342 has concluded. The Court also ORDERS the parties to file a joint status report within ten (10) days after the Commission issues its final decision in Investigation 337-TA-1342.”

agree with court
This is a procedural order to manage the docket during the stay. It is a standard and reasonable exercise of the court's inherent authority to manage its calendar and ensure the case is not forgotten during the stay period.

The order itself: sound — The order is a short, procedural ruling on an unopposed motion. It correctly identifies the applicable statute, quotes the relevant statutory language, cites the controlling Federal Circuit precedent regarding the statute's purpose, and applies the law to the facts as recited. There are no gaps in reasoning because the motion was unopposed and the statutory requirements appear to be met on the face of the motion as described.

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Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BELL SEMICONDUCTOR, LLC, Case No. 22-cv-1537-BAS-KSC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED 13 v. MOTION TO STAY PROCEEDING (ECF No. 16) 14 MAXLINEAR, INC., 15 Defendant. 16 17 Before this Court is Defendant’s unopposed motion seeking a mandatory stay of the 18 instant case under 28 U.S.C. § 1659 until the determination of the United States 19 International Trade Commission (“Commission”) in In the Matter of Certain 20 Semiconductor Devices Having Layered Dummy Fill, Electronic Devices, and Components 21 Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1342 (“ITC Investigation 337-TA-1342”), becomes final, 22 including any appeals. (Stay Mot., ECF No. 16.) 23 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1659, “at the request of a party to the civil action that is also a 24 respondent in the proceeding before the Commission, the district court shall stay, until the 25 determination of the Commission becomes final proceedings in the civil action with respect 26 to any claim that involves the same issues involved in the proceeding before the 27 Commission.” The purpose of this mandatory stay “is to prevent separate proceedings on 28 the same issues occurring at the same time” and to avoid duplicative and inefficient 1 consumption of the court’s and the parties’ resources. In re Princo Corp., 478 F.3d 1345, 2 || 1355 (Fed. Cir. 2007); see also Polmyer Tech. Sys., Inc. v. ACON Lab’ys, Inc., No. 18-CV- 3 0805-H-HLB, 2018 WL 3388123, at *2 (S.D. Cal. July 11, 2018) (applying stay provision). 4 The Court finds § 1659 applies here. Hence, the Court GRANTS the Stay Motion 5 (ECF No. 16) and STAYS this action pending final decision in ITC Investigation 337-TA- 6 || 1342. Further, the Court ORDERS the parties to file a joint status report by no later than 7 ||March 6, 2023, and to file a joint status report every six months thereafter until ITC 8 || Investigation 337-TA-1342 has concluded. The Court also ORDERS the parties to file a 9 || joint status report within ten (10) days after the Commission issues its final decision in 10 || Investigation 337-TA-1342. 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. / . , 12 || DATED: January 5, 2023 LY iw UG (Haphoa. 6 13 United States District Judge 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28