The following excerpt is from Zappia v. World Sav. F.S.B., Wachovia F.S.B., Wells Fargo Home Mortg., & Golden W. Sav. Ass'n Serv. Co., CASE NO. 14cv1428 WQH (DHB) (S.D. Cal. 2015):
In determining whether a stay should be granted, courts consider (1) "the possible damage that may result from the granting of a stay;" (2) "hardship or inequity that a party may suffer if required to go forward;" and (3) "the orderly course of justice measured in terms of the simplifying or complicating of issues, proof, and questions of law which could be expected to result from a stay." Lockyer v. Mirant Corp., 398 F.3d 1098, 1110 (9th Cir. 2005).
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