Sky Law Group v. Paul Padda Law, PLLC

Opinion

1 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 4 Sky Law Group, Case No. 2:23-cv-01793-CDS-MDC

5 Plaintiff Order Directing Parties to File Supplemental Briefing 6 v.

7 Paul Padda Law, PLCC, et al.,

8 Defendants

9 10 Pending before the court is defendants Paul Padda Law, PLLC and Darshpaul S. Padda’s 11 (collectively, Padda Law) motion for judgment on the pleadings with respect to plaintiff Sky 12 Law Group’s conversion claim. Mot. for j. on the pleadings, ECF No. 52. However, on January 13 29, 2025, Padda Law filed a notice of appeal informing the court that it is appealing my order 14 (ECF No. 81) overruling objections and adopting the report and recommendation of United 15 States Magistrate Judge Maximiliano D. Couvillier that I deny Padda Law’s motion to compel 16 arbitration. Notice, ECF No. 91. Typically, the filing of an interlocutory appeal on arbitrability 17 requires a district court to stay its proceedings until the appeal is resolved. Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, 18 599 U.S. 736, 740 (2023). This is because “the question on appeal is whether the case belongs in 19 arbitration or instead in the district court”; thus, the entire case is essentially “involved in the 20 appeal.” Id. (quoting Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982)). 21 However, Padda Law’s motion to compel arbitration does not argue that the entire case 22 should be arbitrated, instead it seeks to compel arbitration “on whether Plaintiff’s counsel can 23 continue to represent Plaintiff Sky Law Group given their prior representation of Defendant’s 24 legal interests.” Mot. to compel arb., ECF No. 33 at 1. Thus, it is not clear if this action should be 25 stayed pending the appeal because the arguments do not suggest the entire case is “involved in 26 the appeal.” Therefore, the parties are ordered to brief the issue of whether this court is required 2}| to enter a stay of this action until the appeal on the motion to compel arbitration is decided. 3 Conclusion 4 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the parties must submit simultaneous briefing on the question of whether this court must enter a stay of its proceedings pending Padda Law’s appeal of the motion to compel arbitration. The parties must limit the length of their briefs to 7|| ten pages each. The parties may file their briefings simultaneously and briefs are due on or before 8] February 13, 2025. "| 9 Dated: January 30, 2025 /, / 10 ft yo aie 5; Siva I U ited States District Judge 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26