Continental Casualty v. Staffing Concepts ( 2008 )

NONPRECEDENTIAL DISPOSITION
To be cited only in accordance with
Fed. R. App. P. 32.1
United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Argued January 7, 2008
Decided January 11, 2008
Before
Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge
Hon. DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge
No. 07-2475
Continental Casualty Co., American Appeal from the United States District
Casualty Co. of Reading, Court for the Northern District
Pennsyl vania, Transportation of Illinois, Eastern Division
Insurance Co., et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 06 C 5473
v. Ronald A. Guzman,
Judge.
Staffing Concepts, Inc., Staffing
Concepts Nat’l, Inc., Staffing Concepts
Int’l, Inc., Ventures Resources Group,
LLC,
Defendants-Appellees.
ORDER
The appeal is DISMISSED for want of appellate jurisdiction. See 9 U.S.C.
§ 16(a)(1)(A) & (B); Middleby Corp. v. Hussman Corp., 962 F.2d 614, 616 (7th Cir.
1992) (barring appeal when an order denying a petition is “a delay incident to an
orderly process”); IDS Life Ins. Co. v. SunAmerica, Inc., 103 F.3d 524, 526-27 (7th Cir.
1996) (extending Middleby to denials of an order to arbitrate under 9 U.S.C. §
16(a)(1)(A)). An opinion will follow.