UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JANE DOE, Nos. 1-10, No. 22-56216

Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 2:20-cv-10713- v. MWF-RAO DANIEL S. FITZGERALD, OPINION Defendant-Appellant, US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK,

Real-party-in-interest- Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Michael W. Fitzgerald, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 29, 2024 Pasadena, California

Filed May 24, 2024 2 DOE V. FITZGERALD

Before: Ronald M. Gould, Sandra S. Ikuta, and Danielle J. Forrest, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Ikuta

SUMMARY *

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

The panel affirmed the district court’s order staying proceedings in an action under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act pending the r