Rhodes v. Foremost Insurance Company et al

Filing 10

ORDER directing as follows: 1) 1 MOTION to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings is GRANTED; 2) The parties to this action are hereby ORDERED to submit all controversies, claims, or disputes between them to arbitration in accordance with the term s of the agreement between them; 3) This action is STAYED pending the completion of the arbitration or the resolution of this dispute through negotiated settlement; 4) The parties are hereby ORDERED to file a jointly prepared report on the status of this case; Status Report due by 9/7/2010, as further set out in order. Signed by Hon. Chief Judge Mark E. Fuller on 6/7/2010. (wcl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT F O R THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA N O R T H E R N DIVISION O V IS RHODES, P L A IN T IF F , v. F O R E M O S T INSURANCE COMPANY a n d GREENTREE-AL LLC, D EFEN D A N T. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C A S E NO. 2:10-cv-444-MEF

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ORDER T h is cause is before the Court on the Motion of Green Tree-AL LLC to Compel A rb itra tio n and Stay Proceedings (Doc. # 1). This motion was filed May 21, 2010 by Green T re e -A L LLC ("GreenTree"). Counsel for the Plaintiff has advised the Court that he does n o t intend to oppose the motion. The Court has reviewed this matter and is persuaded that it has subject-matter ju ris d ic tio n over this action. Moreover, the Court is satisfied that the Motion of Green TreeA L LLC to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings (Doc. # 1) is due to be GRANTED. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1 . Motion of Green Tree-AL LLC to Compel Arbitration and Stay Proceedings (Doc. # 1) is GRANTED. 2. The parties to this action are hereby ORDERED to submit all controversies, claims, o r disputes between them to arbitration in accordance with the terms of the agreement b e tw e e n them.

3. This action is STAYED pending the completion of the arbitration or the resolution o f this dispute through negotiated settlement. 4. The parties are hereby ORDERED to file a jointly prepared report on the status of th is case. The first such report shall be filed on September 7, 2010, and the parties shall th e re a f te r file a jointly prepared report on the first Tuesday of every month until such time a s the parties jointly stipulate that this action can be dismissed. The jointly prepared report s h a ll indicate the status of the arbitration proceedings and the expected date those p ro c e e d in g s will be concluded. D O N E this the 7 th day of June, 2010. /s/ Mark E. Fuller CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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