Judge Stays Discovery in S.C. Data Scraping Case

Discovery will be stayed in a data scraping case at the U.S. District Court of South Carolina until the court rules on defendant South Carolina State Court Administration’s motion to dismiss, the district court decided Wednesday (case 3:2022-cv-01007). In a text order, Judge Mary Geiger Lewis granted the administration’s motion to stay discovery except for a document request by defendant NAACP that's subject to a possible motion to compel. If the court decides not to dismiss the case, parties should file a fresh proposed schedule one week after the court’s order, the judge said. NAACP opposed the stay (see 2211160074).