Sure. That's why you want to file in the home county and state of a player, get a friendly judge and the hometown crowd. Make Crystal Meth come there to file a motion to abate, then use the motion as a chance to depose Crystal Meth. I want her under oath and in front of a judge in another state.
Anything in North Carolina gets blocked, as you noted.
You are saying it gets blocked, BECAUSE a criminal trial may be pending? Or because of other reasons?