Rafique et al v. Premier Financial Alliance, Inc. et al

Filing 44

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AND STAY CASE; ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING CASE. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on February 5, 2024. (mll, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/5/2024)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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ANEELA RAFIQUE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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PREMIER FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, INC.,
et al.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 23-cv-00732-JST

Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
COMPEL ARBITRATION AND STAY
CASE; ORDER ADMINISTRATIVELY
CLOSING CASE
Re: ECF Nos. 17, 43

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The Court previously held in abeyance Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration, ECF

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No. 17, and ordered the parties to “meet and confer and . . . file a joint case management statement

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proposing a case schedule for resolving the disputed facts over whether an agreement to arbitrate

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was formed.” ECF No. 37 at 4. Defendants have now located 2019 arbitration agreements signed

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by each of the three Plaintiffs—Aneela Rafique, Haidee Collado, and John Soo Hoo—and the

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parties “stipulate and agree to arbitration with AAA [the American Arbitration Association]

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pursuant to the 2019 Arbitration Agreements, but that there will be a single arbitration proceeding

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with the three Plaintiff’s [sic] claims arbitrated together.” ECF No. 43 at 2, 4–39. The parties

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“further stipulate and agree that the Court stay the case . . . pending adjudication of all issues by

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the AAA, or until otherwise ordered by the Court.” Id.
The Court approves the parties’ stipulated requests and now grants Defendants’ motion to

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compel arbitration and stay this case. ECF No. 17. AAA will conduct a single arbitration

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proceeding to resolve all three Plaintiffs’ claims. This case is stayed pending completion of that

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arbitration.

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The Clerk shall administratively close the file. This order shall not be considered a

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dismissal or disposition of this action against any party. If further proceedings become necessary,

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any party may initiate them in the same manner as if this order had not been entered.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 5, 2024
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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