SSL Services, LLC vs. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-00433 (E.D. Tex. June 28, 2016)

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Before the Court is Defendant Cisco’s Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review. (Dkt. No. 89; “Motion to Stay” ). Plaintiff SSL opposes the Motion to Stay. See (Dkt. Nos. 93, 97, 115). I. LAW A district court has the inherent power to control its own docket, including the power to stay proceedings before it. See Clinton v. Jones , 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997) (“The District Court has broad discretion to stay proceedings as an incident to its power to control its own docket.”).