Doe v. Avid Life Media, Inc. et al

Filing 19

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER: Having considered the Joint Motion to Stay filed by Defendants, Avid Life Media, Inc. and Avid Dating Life, Inc. d/b/a Ashley Madison (Defendants), and Plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed by the John Arthur Eaves Law Offices, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion [ 18 ]. The Court shall retain jurisdiction over this lawsuit until further order, and all proceedings in the lawsuit are STAYED for five (5) months while the parties work to resolve the claims or reach an agreement on a proper forum to adjudicate the claims if no resolution can be reached. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall provide a status report to the Court no later than January 11, 2019. (SEE ORDER FOR DETAILS) Signed by District Judge John A. Ross on 8/30/18. (JAB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
JOHN DOES 1-21,
Plaintiffs,
v.

AVID LIFE MEDIA, INC., et al.,
Defendants.

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No. 4:15-cv-01920 JAR

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
Having considered the Joint Motion to Stay filed by Defendants, Avid Life Media, Inc.
and Avid Dating Life, Inc. d/b/a Ashley Madison (“Defendants”), and Plaintiffs in the lawsuit
filed by the John Arthur Eaves Law Offices, the Court hereby GRANTS the motion [18]. The
Court shall retain jurisdiction over this lawsuit until further order, and all proceedings in the
lawsuit are STAYED for five (5) months while the parties work to resolve the claims or reach an
agreement on a proper forum to adjudicate the claims if no resolution can be reached.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall provide a status report to the Court
no later than January 11, 2019.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that none of the parties in this lawsuit or the four
individuals whose claims have not been filed but whose statutes of limitations have been tolled
by agreement of the parties, have waived any claim or defense by the filing of the motion,
including any defense by Defendants that the case should be dismissed and Plaintiffs ordered to
arbitrate their claims, or any claims not yet filed.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court’s order dated July 18, 2018, closing the
MDL proceedings [Doc. No. 390] is modified only to retain jurisdiction over this case (or any
other individual case the Court may identify in a separate order).
In all other respects, the MDL proceedings, including all proceedings related to the Class
Action Settlement, remain closed.

Dated this 30th day of August, 2018.

JOHN A. ROSS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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