Pickney v. Strategic Restaurants Acquisition Co L L C et al

Filing 24

JUDGMENT ADOPTING IN PART 21 Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that 11 Motion to Compel Arbitration, Stay Proceedings and for Award of Attorneys' Fees is GRANTED. Plaintiff is ordered to submit these claims to arbitration. The proceedings in this matter are STAYED pending arbitration, and Defendants are AWARDED reasonable costs and attorneys' fees. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants' counsel file an affidavit and supporting documentation setting forth the requested costs and attorneys' fees within 21 days. Plaintiff shall have 14 days to respond. Signed by Judge Robert G James on 3/9/17. (crt,Crawford, A)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
LAFAYETTE DIVISION
SCENTER PICKNEY

CIVIL ACTION NO. 16-0211

VERSUS

JUDGE ROBERT G. JAMES

STRATEGIC RESTAURANTS
ACQUISITION COMPANY LLC, ET AL.

MAG. JUDGE PATRICK HANNA

JUDGMENT
For the reasons set forth in this Court’s Ruling and the Report and Recommendation [Doc.
No. 21] of the Magistrate Judge, to the extent adopted, and having considered the entire record in
this matter, including Defendants’ written objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and
Recommendation [Doc. No. 22],
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that Defendants’ Motion to
Compel Arbitration, Stay Proceedings and for Award of Attorneys’ Fees [Doc. No. 11] is
GRANTED. Plaintiff Scenter Pickney is ordered to submit the claims asserted in this lawsuit to
arbitration in accordance with the arbitration agreement. The proceedings in this matter are STAYED
pending arbitration, and Defendants are AWARDED reasonable costs and attorneys’ fees related to
the filing and prosecution of their motion.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ counsel shall file an affidavit and any
supporting documentation setting forth the requested costs and attorneys’ fees within twenty-one
(21) days of the date of this ruling and accompanying judgment. Plaintiff shall have fourteen (14)
days from the date the affidavit is filed to file her response.

MONROE, LOUISIANA, this 9th day of March, 2017.