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D. Massachusetts· 9/30/2012

Zavatsky v. O'Brien

Citations

  • 902 F. Supp. 2d 135
  • 2012 WL 4594214
  • 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 141843

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that partial stay was warranted where “th[e] case [was] not on the brink of trial and discovery ha[d] not yet begun”
  • stay sought by some defendants, as well as intervening federal and state governments, and opposed by other defendants
  • “[T]he- plaintiffs interest in expeditious resolution of his civil claim will always be delayed by the grant of a stay, but no more so here than in other cases.”
  • “While a court is not compelled to stay a civil proceeding during the pendency of a parallel criminal investigation or proceeding, such a scenario has been recognized as one in which a stay may be appropriate.”
  • “A complete stay, however, is unwarranted at this time.”

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Judges: Gorton

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