Are the actions automatically stayed when a petition for coordination is filed?
Actions are not automatically stayed upon the filing of a petition to coordinate, but they may be stayed by the coordination motion judge. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.515.) Additionally, no trial of an included action may be started after the court receives an order assigning a coordination motion judge, and a coordination motion judge may stay pretrial proceedings. It takes time-approximately 30 to 60 days-to process the petition for coordination from filing to issuance of an order by the chair of the Judicial Council assigning the coordination motion judge. A motion to stay proceedings may be filed with the petition for coordination. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.515(a).
