Hall v. Compass Group USA, Inc ( 2024 )

1 | FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP DAVID B. DORNAK, ESQ. 2 | Nevada Bar No. 6274 3 ALLISON L. KHEEL, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 12986 4 |300S. Fourth Street, Suite 1500 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 5 | Telephone: (702) 252-3131 E-Mail Address: ddornak(@fisherphillips.com 6 E-Mail Address: akheel@fisherphillips.com 7 Attorneys for Defendants 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 10 LADONAUGH HALL, an individual, ) Case No.: 2:23-cv-01206-CDS-BNW 11 ) Plaintiff, ) STIPULATION AND ORDER S 12 Vs. ) TOSTAY DISCOVERY PENDING ) DECISION ON MOTION TO 13 | COMPASS GROUP USA, INC., d/b/a ) COMPEL ARBITRATION 3 14 | FLIK INTERNATIONAL, a foreign ) g 8 corporation; FLIK INTERNATIONAL ) (SECOND REQUEST) 15 |CORP., d/b/a FLIK INTERNATIONAL, a __ ) 5 foreign corporation; DOES I-X, inclusive; _) 16 |and ROE CORPORATIONS I-X, inclusive, ) ) o 17 Defendants. ) 18 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by the Parties’ counsel of 19 record that all discovery (including the issuance of a discovery plan and scheduling 20 order in this case) be stayed, pending the Court’s decision on Defendants’ Renewed 2] Motion to Compel Arbitration. 22 Defendants will be filing a Renewed Motion to Compel Arbitration, 23 contemporaneously with this stipulation. Any attempt to conduct merit-based discovery 24 before a determination on the issue of arbitrability is resolved “puts the cart before the 25 horse.” See CIGNA Healthcare of St. Louis, Inc. v. Kaiser, 294 F.3d 849, 855 (7th Cir. 26 2002); Klepper v. SLI, Inc., 45 Fed. Appx. 136, 139 (3d Cir. 2002). Indeed, the Ninth 27 Circuit has held that if a party is required to proceed with discovery while the 28 1 |enforceability of an arbitration agreement is still being litigated “the advantages of 2 |arbitration—speed and economy—are lost forever” and that such a loss is serious and 3 | “perhaps, irreparable.” Alascom, Inc. v. ITTN Elec. Co., 727 F.2d 1419, 1422 (9th Cir. 4 |1984); see Winig v. Cingular Wireless, No. C-06-4297-MMC, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5 83116, at *6 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 6, 2006). 6 The Parties wish to avoid the time and cost of discovery until the Court has 7 |resolved the issue of the proper forum for this matter and decided Defendants’ Motion 8 |to Compel Arbitration. See Mundi v. Union Sec. Life Ins. Co., No. CVF-06-1493, 2007 9 |U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64012, at *16-17 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2007). Defendants are 10 | additionally concerned that participating in discovery and other proceedings while the 11 | Motion to Compel Arbitration is pending could be viewed as a waiver of their position 8 _ 12 | that the matter should be arbitrated. 2 = 13 Therefore, the Parties have agreed and request that all discovery and associated 14 | discovery deadlines in this case be stayed pending resolution of Defendants’ Motion to nz g 15 | Compel Arbitration. 16 17 |/// 18 |/// 19 |/// 20 |/// 21 |/// 22 |/// 23 |/// 24 |/// 25 |/// 26 |/// 27 |/// 28 ] This is the Parties’ second request for a stay in this matter and is made in good 2 | faith and not for the purpose of delay. 3 Dated this 3rd day of September, 2024. 4 || FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP JENNINGS & FULTON, LTD. By: /s/ Logan G. Wilson, Esq. 6 : . _Esg. 5 en oe “sO ADAM R. FULTON, ESQ. 7 ° LOGAN G. WILLSON, ESQ. ALLISON L. KHEEL, ESQ. 2580 Sorrel Street 8 300 S. Fourth Street, Suite 1500 Las Vegas, Nevada 89146 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 9 oe Att Plaint. 10 Attorneys for Defendants orneys for Plaintiff 1] ORDER S 12 — IT IS SO ORDERED. 23 13 ag KE pw La Wefan 2 8 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 15 September 4, 2024 16 DATED “As eH a 17 18 19 20 2] 22 23 24 25 26 27 28