DEF Technet Partners, Inc.
1. Motion for Order to Stay Proceedings
PLT Cesar Ibarra
2. Motion to Compel Deposition
Motion to Stay
Defendant TechNet Partners, Inc. (“Defendant”) seeks an order staying the action pending resolution of whether the ABC test in Dynamex Ops. W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 applies retroactively.
There is no dispute that Defendant contends plaintiff Cesar Ibarra (“Plaintiff”) was properly classified as an independent contractor and that the propriety of the classification is a central issue in this action. Opposition, 2:3-7.
“Trial courts generally have the inherent power to stay proceedings in the interests of justice and to promote judicial efficiency.” Freiberg v. City of Mission Viejo (1995) 33 Cal.App.4th 1484, 1489; see, Code Civ. Proc., § 128(a). “[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