Karuhn v. Citibank, Inc. et al

Filing 21

ORDER by Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granting 11 Defendant's Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Action. Case Management Conference is set 12/10/12 at 2:00pm. The 7/3/12 hearing date is VACATED. (fs, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/19/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CARRI KARUHN, individually and on behalf
of other persons similarly situated,
Plaintiff,

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Case No.: 11-cv-06192-YGR
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL
ARBITRATION AND STAYING ACTION

vs.
CITIBANK, INC., et al.,

Northern District of California

United States District Court

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Defendants.

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Defendants Citigroup, Inc. and Citibank, N.A. filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay
Action on April 4, 2012 (“Motion”). (Dkt. Nos. 11–12.) Plaintiff Carri Karuhn filed her Opposition
to Motion to Compel Arbitration on May 30, 2012 (“Opposition”). (Dkt. No. 19.) Based on the
Opposition, Plaintiff concedes that arbitration is the appropriate forum to decide, at least, the question
of enforceability of the arbitration agreement. Opp. at 1–4. Based on Plaintiff’s concession that this
preliminary question must be submitted to arbitration, Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED and the
parties are ORDERED to proceed with arbitration. This action is STAYED pending arbitration.
The Court sets a Case Management Conference in this action for Monday, December 10, 2012
to report on the status of the arbitration proceedings. The parties shall file a joint status update
fourteen days in advance of the case management conference date.
This Order terminates Dkt. No. 11. The hearing date of July 3, 2012 is hereby VACATED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: June 19, 2012

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE