Hernandez v. Argent Tr. Co.

Full title: BETTY HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, v. ARGENT TRUST COMPANY, JAMES R. URBACH, RYAN…

Court: United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Mar 4, 2022

1:22-cv-00048-JGK (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 2022)

Opinion

1:22-cv-00048-JGK

03-04-2022

BETTY HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff, v. ARGENT TRUST COMPANY, JAMES R. URBACH, RYAN SASSON, DANIEL BLUMKIN, IAN BEHAR, DUKE ENTERPRISES LLC, TWIST FINANCIAL LLC, and BLAISE INVESTMENTS, LLC, Defendants.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Jeremy P. Blumenfeld Attorney for Defendants Ryan Sasson, Daniel Blumkin, Ian Behar, Duke Enterprises LLC, Twist Financial LLC, & Blaise Investments LLC GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED Mark C. Nielsen, Lars C. Golumbic (pro hac vice to be filed), Sarah M. Adams (pro hac vice to be filed), Paul J. Rinefierd (pro hac vice to be filed) Attorneys for Defendant Argent Trust Company FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP Rick Pearl (pro hac vice to be filed) Attorney for Defendant James R. Urbach

JOHN G. KOELTL, U.S.D.J.

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP Jeremy P. Blumenfeld Attorney for Defendants Ryan Sasson, Daniel Blumkin, Ian Behar, Duke Enterprises LLC, Twist Financial LLC, & Blaise Investments LLC

GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED Mark C. Nielsen, Lars C. Golumbic (pro hac vice to be filed), Sarah M. Adams (pro hac vice to be filed), Paul J. Rinefierd (pro hac vice to be filed) Attorneys for Defendant Argent Trust Company

FAEGRE DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP Rick Pearl (pro hac vice to be filed) Attorney for Defendant James R. Urbach

NOTICE OF THE DEFENDANTS' UNOPPOSED MOTION TO STAY THE PROCEEDINGS PENDING APPEAL IN A RELATED CASE

JOHN G. KOELTL, U.S.D.J.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Defendants Argent Trust Company, James R. Urbach, Ryan Sasson, Daniel Blumkin, Ian Behar, Duke Enterprises LLC, Twist Financial LLC, and Blaise Investments LLC (together, “Defendants”), by their undersigned counsel, will move this Court, before the Honorable John G. Koeltl, United States District Judge, at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse for the Southern District of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, New York 10007-1312, on a date and a time to be designated by the Court, for an order staying these proceedings pending the Second Circuit's resolution of the defendants' appeal in the related case, Cedeno v. Argent Trust, 1:20-cv-09987-JGK, of this Court's Memorandum Opinion and Order denying Defendants' Motion to Compel Individual Arbitration and Stay the Case. In support of their Motion, Defendants rely on the Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendants' Unopposed Motion to Stay the Proceedings Pending Appeal in a Related Case, filed concurrently herewith.

The requested stay is granted. The Clerk is directed to close Docket No. 15. SO ORDERED.