Davis et al v. Seva Beauty, LLC et al

Filing 38

MINUTE ORDER granting in part, deferring in part and RENOTING Defendants' 17 Motion to Stay this Action Pending Arbitration : Noting date 8/11/2017, Joint Status Report due within fourteen (14) days after one or more of such arbitration proce edings conclude or by 1/15/2018 ; The hearing set for July 26, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., is STRICKEN ; striking as moot Defendants' 36 Motion to Continue the Hearing ; striking in part as moot and granting in part Defendants' 35 Motion to Stay Discovery ; striking as moot Plaintiff's Motions for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, Dkt. nos. 28 and 29 . Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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ANNA A. DAVIS, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
C17-547 TSZ
v.
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SEVA BEAUTY, LLC, et al.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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(1)
Defendants’ motion to stay this action pending arbitration, docket no. 17, is
GRANTED in part and DEFERRED in part, as follows.
(a)
With respect to plaintiffs’ claims against defendant SEVA Beauty,
LLC, defendants’ motion to stay is GRANTED, and such claims are hereby
STAYED pending arbitration proceedings commenced by SEVA Beauty, LLC in
Illinois. The parties are DIRECTED to file a Joint Status Report within fourteen
(14) days after one or more of such arbitration proceedings conclude or by
January 15, 2018, whichever occurs earlier.
(b)
With respect to plaintiffs’ claims against defendants Vasilios
Maniatis, Sonal Maniatis, Kari Comrov, Bree Viscia, and Jonathan Kittner,
defendants’ motion to stay is DEFERRED and RENOTED to August 11, 2017.
The parties are DIRECTED to file supplemental briefs addressing (i) whether
plaintiffs’ claims against such defendants, in either their official capacities or
individually, are subject to arbitration pursuant to contracts to which such
defendants are not parties; and (ii) assuming plaintiffs can maintain their claims
against such individual defendants in this forum, whether such claims should
nevertheless be stayed pending the outcome of arbitration proceedings involving

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SEVA Beauty, LLC. Each side shall file an opening supplemental brief, not to
exceed ten (10) pages in length, on or before July 28, 2017. Each side may file a
responsive supplemental brief, also not to exceed ten (10) pages in length, by
August 11, 2017.
(c)
After reviewing the parties’ supplemental briefs, the Court will issue
a separate order explaining its reasons for granting defendants’ motion to stay as
to plaintiffs’ claims against SEVA Beauty, LLC and addressing the deferred
portion of defendants’ motion to stay.
(2)
The hearing set for July 26, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., is STRICKEN.
Defendants’ motion to continue the hearing, docket no. 36, is STRICKEN as moot.

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(3)
Defendants’ motion to stay discovery, docket no. 35, is STRICKEN in part
as moot with respect to discovery requests propounded to SEVA Beauty, LLC, and
8 GRANTED in part, pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, docket no. 37, with respect to any
discovery requests propounded to the individual defendants. Discovery is stayed until
9 further order of the Court.
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(4)
Plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary injunction and temporary restraining
order, docket nos. 28 and 29, which seek to stay the arbitration proceedings initiated by
11 SEVA Beauty, LLC, are STRICKEN as moot.
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The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

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Dated this 13th day of July, 2017.
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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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