Ampetrol, Inc. v. United States

ORDER

BRUGGINK, Judge.

Defendant has moved to stay this case pending the outcome of criminal proceedings in United States v. Joseph Reisch, Cr. No. 93-598 (E.D.N.Y.). Plaintiff has filed an opposition. At defendant’s request and with plaintiffs concurrence, argument on the motion was heard in camera. For the reasons stated below, the motion is granted.

The power of courts 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.” Landis v. North…