Fairchild v. Citibank, N.A.

• Court: District Court, S.D. California
• Decided: April 9, 2024
• Docket: 3:23-cv-01743
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MATTHEW FAIRCHILD, Case No.: 23-CV-1743 JLS (SBC)

12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING JOINT 13 v. MOTION TO STAY MATTER AND PROCEED WITH BINDING 14 CITIBANK, N.A., ARBITRATION 15 Defendant. (ECF No. 102) 16

17 Presently before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Matter and Proceed 18 with Binding Arbitration (“Joint Mot.,” ECF No. 102). The Parties inform the Court that 19 they have stipulated and agreed “to submit all disputes, claims[,] or controversies” to 20 “neutral, binding arbitration with the American Arbitration Association” (“AAA”). Joint 21 Mot. at 2. Accordingly, the Parties seek a stay of this litigation pending the completion of 22 arbitration. See id. The Parties also ask the Court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the 23 stipulation, as well as to “confirm, modify, or vacate” the eventual arbitral award. Id. 24 District courts have “broad discretion to stay proceedings.” Clinton v. Jones, 25 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). Granting a stay “is appropriate when it serves the interests of 26 judicial economy and efficiency.” Rivers v. Walt Disney Co., 980 F. Supp. 1358, 1360 27 (C.D. Cal. 1997). A district court “may . . . find it is efficient for its own docket and the 28 fairest course for the parties to enter a stay of an action before it, pending resolution of 1 ||independent proceedings which bear upon the case.” Leyva v. Certified Grocers of Cal., 2 || Ltd., 593 F.2d 857, 863 (9th Cir. 1979). That “rule applies whether the separate 3 || proceedings are judicial, administrative, or arbitral in character.” Id. 4 With the above in mind, the Court finds that granting the requested stay would best 5 ||promote the interests of securing a just and speedy determination of the action. See 6 R. Civ. P. 1. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the Joint Motion; APPROVES the 7 stipulation contained therein; STAYS this action pending the completion of arbitration; 8 VACATES all pending deadlines, including the Status Conference currently set 9 || April 11, 2024, before Magistrate Judge Chu. The Parties SHALL SUBMIT all disputes, 10 || claims, or controversies (including claims for private and public injunctive relief) involved 11 this action to neutral, binding arbitration with the AAA. Further, the Parties SHALL 12 ||FILE a joint status report, not to exceed eight (8) pages, to update the Court on the 13 || arbitration proceedings every 120 days, starting from the date of this Order, and within 14 14 || days of the proceedings’ completion. 15 IT IS SO ORDERED. 16 ||Dated: April 9, 2024 jae L. Lo memeaite- 17 on. Janis L. Sammartino ig United States District Judge

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