Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board

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IN THE MATTER OF LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD Docket No. 9374. Order, August 5, 2019 Order staying proceedings pursuant to the Order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued July 29, 2019 pending review of the Commission's Order of April 10, 2018 . ORDER STAYING ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING On April 10, 2018, the Commission issued an Opinion and Order,1 denying Respondent's motion to dismiss the complaint and dismissing Respondent's third and ninth affirmative defenses ("April 10 Order"). Respondent has repeatedly requested the stay of these proceedings2 pending federal court review of the April 10 Order. Currently, the evidentiary hearing in this matter is scheduled for September 17, 2019.

On April 11, 2019, the Respondent filed a motion in the United States District Court for the Middle Dis trict of Louisiana seeking further stay of these proceedings pending that court's review of the April 10 Order. On July 29, 2019, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana issued an order staying all activity in this administrative proceeding pending the Court's review of the Commission's April 10 Order. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all proceedings before the Commission and the Administrative Law Judge in this matter, including the evidentiary hearing currently scheduled for September 17, 2019, be, and they hereby are, stayed until further order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana and the Commission. By the Commission.

1 In the Matter of Louisiana Real Estate Appraisers Board, Docket No. 9374, Opinion and Order of the Commission (April 10, 2018), at 21, available at https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/cases/d09374 opinion and order of the commission 04102018 reda cted public version.pdf.

2 On April 20, 2018, Respondent filed a motion with the Commission to stay the proceedings in this matter pending the Un ited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's decision on Respondent's petition to review the April 10 Order. Respondent's motion was denied. On June 11, 2018, Respondent filed another motion to stay this proceeding pending appeal with the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The proceeding was stayed until the Fifth Circuit denied Respondent's petition and lifted the stay; the Commission issued an order resuming these proceedings on March 21, 2019.

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