95-98 (3d Cir. 2006); United States v. Walker, 447 F.3d 999, 1006-07 (7th Cir. 2006); United States v. Egenberger, 424 F.3d 803, 805 (Sth Cir. 2005). The First Circuit has held only that the failure to provide notice does not constitute plain error. See United States v. Mateo, No. 06-1805, 2006 WL 1195676, at 1 (1st

F. Supp. 2d at 577 (internal citations omitted). The First Circuit has noted that the decision whether to grant a st

o obtain the “extraordinary” remedy of a stay is inevitably much reduced. Sterling Nat’l Bank, 175 F. Supp. 2d at 577 (internal citations omitted). The First Circuit has noted that the decision whether to grant a stay “is highly nuanced . . . [and] involves competing interests. Balancing these interests is a situ

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