Baldwin v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Baldwin v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NASHVILLE DIVISION

) THERESA BALDWIN, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) Case No. 3:24-cv-01245 v. ) ) STATE FARM FIRE AND ) CASUALTY COMPANY, ) ) Defendant. )

ORDER STAYING CASE

On June 13, 2025, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Stay. (ECF No. 41.) Plaintiff moved the Court to stay the proceedings because (1) “the recent development in [her] state court litigation will likely moot (most of) this case in the imminent future”; (2) “settlement of this case [is] newly viable”; and (3) entering a stay will be a more efficient way to close the case because Plaintiff intends to appeal, and if the case becomes moot, then it triggers a new issue under the Munsingwear doctrine. (Id. at PageID 569–70 (citing United States v. City of Detroit,

401 F.3d 448

, 452 (6th Cir. 2005).) Defendant does not oppose Plaintiff’s Motion. (ECF No. 44 at PageID 592.) Accordingly, pursuant to the Court’s “power . . . to control the disposition of the causes on its docket,” Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay is GRANTED. See OMT Addiction Ctrs., LLC v. Freedom Healthcare Props. of Texas, LLC, No. 3:24-cv-00356,

2025 WL 762691

, at *18 (M.D. Tenn. Mar. 11, 2025) (quoting Landis v. N. Am. Co.,

299 U.S. 248, 254

(1936)). All proceedings in the case are hereby immediately STAYED. Plaintiff is to file a status report with the Court regarding updates in her state court litigation on or before August 27, 2025. SO ORDERED, this the 18th day of June, 2025.

/s/ Jon P. McCalla JON P. McCALLA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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