UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Case Number: 19-22553-CIV-MORENO LAS ORIGINALES PIZZA, INC., a Florida Corporation; and MONTE PIZZA, INC., a Florida Corporation, Plaintiffs, Vs. BATABANO GROUP, INC., a Florida Corporation; BATABANO GROUP II, INC., a Florida Corporation; BATABANO GROUP Ill, INC., a Florida Corporation; LUIS PENA, individually; and YAMLIN MEDEROS, individually, Defendants. / ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING RELATED STATE COURT PROCEEDING THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending Related State Court Proceeding (D.E. 8), filed on July 31, 2019, and Defendant’s Unopposed Motion to Take Judicial Notice of Pending Related State Court Proceeding (D.E. 9), filed on July 31, 2019. THE COURT has considered the motions, the pertinent portions of the record, and being otherwise fully advised in the premises, it is ADJUDGED that the motions are GRANTED. The Court “may take judicial notice of documents filed in another court.” Baker v. Batmasian, No. 9:16-cv-81928,

, at *1 (S.D. Fla. Feb. 8, 2017). “Courts may take judicial notice of public records, such as a pleading filed in another court, because such documents are ‘capable of accurate and ready determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.’” Jd. (citing Navarro v. City of Riviera Beach,

(S.D. Fla. 2016); Bryant v. Avado Brands, Inc.,

(1 Ith Cir. 1999)). The pleadings that are attached to Defendants’ motion were filed in a pending parallel state

court proceeding involving identical causes of action and issues between related parties that are currently before this Court. See Manuel Montes de Oca Jr. v. Las Originales Pizza, Inc., No. 2018- 041326-CA-01. Thus, upon review of those pleadings in the underlying state court action, the Court finds that, in accordance with the Supreme Court’s holding in Colorado River Conservation District v. United States,

(1976), the instant action is STAYED pending resolution of the underlying state court action. Based on the foregoing, it is ADJUDGED that: I. The Clerk of this Court shall mark this cause as closed for statistical purposes and place the matter in a civil suspense file. Il. The Court shall retain jurisdiction and the case shall be restored to the active docket upon motion of a party if circumstances change so that this action may proceed to final disposition. UI. — This order shall not prejudice the rights of the parties to this litigation. IV. All pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT pending restoration of the case to the active docket. V. The parties SHALL notify the Court within six months of entry of this order, and every three months thereafter, of the current status of the proceedings and when this action is ready to proceed. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, this ? of September 2019.

FEDERICA $i UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Copies furnished to: Counsel of Record