Seaver v. Citibank, National Association

Filing 14

ORDER granting 7 (1)Plaintiff Michael Seaver and Defendant Citibank, N.A's Joint Stipulation to Stay Case and Compel Arbitration. All proceedings in this case are STAYED until notification by the parties that binding arbitration has been completed and that the stay is to be lifted or the case is to be dismissed. The parties shall notify the Court of such matters within seven (7) days of the arbitration proceedings concluding. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint report regarding the status of arbitration on or before December 21, 2016, and every ninety (90) days thereafter until the conclusion of arbitration. The Clerk is DIRECTED to add a stay flag. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 9/22/2016. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
MICHAEL SEAVER,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No: 2:16-cv-586-FtM-38CM

CITIBANK, N.A.,
Defendant.
/
ORDER1
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Michael Seaver and Defendant
Citibank, N.A’s Joint Stipulation to Stay Case and Compel Arbitration (Doc. #7) filed on
September 1, 2016. The parties agree to submit this entire case to binding arbitration per
their written arbitration agreement. The Court, therefore, will compel arbitration and stay
this case.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
(1) Plaintiff Michael Seaver and Defendant Citibank, N.A’s Joint Stipulation to Stay
Case and Compel Arbitration (Doc. #7) is GRANTED.
(2) All proceedings in this case are STAYED until notification by the parties that
binding arbitration has been completed and that the stay is to be lifted or the

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case is to be dismissed. The parties shall notify the Court of such matters
within seven (7) days of the arbitration proceedings concluding.
(3) The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint report regarding the status of
arbitration on or before December 21, 2016, and every ninety (90) days
thereafter until the conclusion of arbitration.
(4) The Clerk is DIRECTED to add a stay flag.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 22nd day of September 2016.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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