Opinion
2:21-cv-548-SPC-MRM
09-16-2021
THEODORE ALCE, an individual Plaintiff, v. COCA COLA BEVERAGES FLORIDA, LLC, Defendant.
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SHERI POLSTER CHAPPELL, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendant Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC's Unopposed Motion to Stay Case and for Transfer of Plaintiffs' Claims to Arbitration. (Doc. 12). The parties agree that the claims here should be sent to individualized mediation and arbitration proceedings under Defendant's alternative dispute resolution program. The parties also agree to stay this case pending completion of mediation and arbitration. Having considered the motion and record, and acknowledging that no party opposes the relief sought, the Court grants Defendant's motion.
Accordingly, it is now
ORDERED:
Defendant Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC's Unopposed Motion to Stay Case and for Transfer of Plaintiffs' Claims to Arbitration (Doc. 12) is GRANTED.
1. The claims asserted by Plaintiff Theodore Alce must be individually mediated, and if mediation fails, they must be individually arbitrated under Defendant's alternative resolution program.
2. This case is STAYED pending completion of mediation and arbitration.
3. The parties are DIRECTED to jointly notify the Court when mediation and arbitration have ended and if the stay is due to be lifted within seven days of those proceedings ending.
4. The parties are DIRECTED to file a joint report on the status of mediation and arbitration on or before December 15, 2021, and every ninety days after until the Court says otherwise.
5. The Clerk is DIRECTED to add a stay flag to the file.
DONE and ORDERED.