UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK wane eK ALAN MARK WEINTRAUB, : Plaintiff, : : 21 Civ. 4491 (LGS) -against- : : ORDER JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., et al., : Defendants. : □□□ LORNA G. SCHOFIELD, District Judge: WHEREAS, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss certain claims from Plaintiffs Amended Complaint on August 2, 2021. Ifthe motion is granted, the scope of discovery in the case will be significantly narrowed. WHEREAS, a court can stay discovery sua sponte. See Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. v. LY USA, Inc.,

(2d Cir. 2012) (“[T]he power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and for litigants.” (alteration in original) (quoting Landis v. N. Am. Co.,

(1936))); Graduation Sols., LLC v Acadima, LLC, No. 17 Civ. 1342,

, at *1 (D. Conn. June 21, 2018) (“A court has authority to, sua sponte, stay discovery and limit the scope pursuant to Rule 26(b)(2)(C).”). It is hereby ORDERED that, in light of the motion to dismiss, (i) discovery is STAYED on all claims other than the Amended Complaint’s Count III and (11) all conferences are CANCELED. Dated: August 3, 2021 New York, New York .

LORNA G. SCHOFIEL UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE