Bicknell et al v. UHAUL CO OF FLORIDA

Filing 16

ORDER re 15 Stipulation filed by UHAUL CO OF FLORIDA. Plaintiffs Raymond Bicknell and Maureen Bicknell and Defendant U-Haul Co. of Florida's Joint Stipulation to Stay and Transfer Case to Arbitration 15 is GRANTED. All proceedings in this case are STAYED until the parties notify the Court that binding arbitration has been completed and that the stay is due to be lifted or the case is due to be dismissed. The parties shall notify the Court of such matters within seven (7) days o f the arbitration proceedings concluding. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint report on the status of arbitration on or before November 13, 2017, and every ninety (90) days thereafter until the conclusion of arbitration. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to add a stay flag. Signed by Judge Sheri Polster Chappell on 8/15/2017. (LMF)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
FORT MYERS DIVISION
RAYMOND BICKNELL and MAUREEN
BICKNELL,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No: 2:17-cv-374-FtM-99CM

UHAUL CO OF FLORIDA,
Defendant.
/
ORDER1
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiffs Raymond Bicknell and Maureen
Bicknell and Defendant U-Haul Co. of Florida’s Joint Stipulation to Stay and Transfer
Case to Arbitration. (Doc. 15). The parties stipulate to stay this litigation and submit this
case to arbitration per U-Haul’s Employment Dispute Resolution Policy and Plaintiffs
signed U-Haul Employee Agreements to Arbitrate. The Court thus will compel arbitration
and stay this case.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:

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(1) Plaintiffs Raymond Bicknell and Maureen Bicknell and Defendant U-Haul Co.
of Florida’s Joint Stipulation to Stay and Transfer Case to Arbitration (Doc. 15)
is GRANTED.
(2) All proceedings in this case are STAYED until the parties notify the Court that
binding arbitration has been completed and that the stay is due to be lifted or
the case is due 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 on the status of arbitration on
or before November 13, 2017, and every ninety (90) days thereafter until the
conclusion of arbitration.
(4) The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to add a stay flag.
DONE and ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida this 15th day of August 2017.

Copies: All Parties of Record

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