Carrera v. Whitepages Inc

Opinion

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE

9 JENNIFER CARRERA, ET AL, Case No. 2:24-cv-01408-JHC 10 Plaintiffs, UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY OF 11 v. CASE PENDING APPEAL AND ORDER

12 WHITEPAGES, INC. NOTE ON MOTION CALENDAR: JULY 22, 2025 13 Defendant.

14 15 On July 8, 2025, Whitepages, Inc. (“Whitepages”) timely filed a notice of appeal (Dkt. 16 #40) of the Court’s Order on Motion to Compel Arbitration (Dkt. #38). Because the appeal 17 addresses the denial of Whitepages’ motion to compel arbitration and Whitepages’ statutory rights 18 under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 16(a), the district court is “require[d]” to enter an 19 “automatic stay” pursuant to Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, 599 U.S. 736, 143 S.Ct. 1915, 216 L.Ed.2d 20 671 (2023). See also California by & through Harrison v. Express Scripts, Inc., 139 F.4th 763, 767 21 (9th Cir. 2025) (“[A] stay of lower court proceedings pending appeal is required when a district 22 court denies a motion to compel arbitration.” (citing Coinbase, 599 U.S. at 741)). 23 The parties have conferred and plaintiffs Jennifer Carrera, Carol Anderson, and Becky Jo 24 Palmer by and through their counsel of record do not oppose this motion. 25 1 Dated: July 22, 2025 I certify that this memorandum contains 147 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules. 2 MARTINEZ & FARMER LLP 3 s/ Tyler L. Farmer 4

5 s/ Ariel A. Martinez

6 Tyler L. Farmer, WSBA #39912 Ariel A. Martinez, WSBA #54869 7 4020 East Madison St., Suite 300 Seattle, WA 98112 8 Tel: (206) 208-2270 Email: tyler@mfseattle.com 9 Email: ariel@mfseattle.com

10 Attorneys for Whitepages, Inc. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 ORDER 2 Upon consideration of the Defendant’s Unopposed Motion for Stay of Case, Dkt. # 43, it is 3 || hereby ORDERED that Defendant’s Unopposed Motion for Stay of Case is GRANTED. 4 It is further ORDERED that this case is STAYED pending resolution of Defendant’s 5 || appeal, captioned Whitepages, Inc. v. Carrera, et al., No. 25-4219. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 DATED this 22nd day of July, 2025. 8 9 C] ok 4, Chur JOHN‘H. CHUN 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR STAY OF CASE PENDING APPEAL AND ORDER - 3 (Case No ?:24-cv-N1 408-THC)