Opinion
CASE NO. 2:11-CV-02267-LKK-CKD
01-18-2012
DARLENE PEETS, Plaintiff, v. SAGAR, INC., PAKSN, INC., Defendants.
GORDON & REES LLP Michael T. Lucey Stephanie B. Wersel Attorneys for DEFENDANTS SAGAR, INC. and PAKSN, INC. HIGHMAN, HIGHMAN & BALL Louis A. Highman Attorneys for PLAINTIFF DARLENE PEETS
MICHAEL T. LUCEY (CSB NO. 099927)
STEPHANIE B. WERSEL (CSB NO. 253759)
GORDON & REES LLP
Attorneys for Defendants
SAGAR, INC. AND PAKSN, INC.
LOUIS A. HIGHMAN
Highman, Highman & Ball
Attorney for Plaintiff DARLENE PEETS
STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING ARBITRATION
Plaintiff Darlene Peets ("Plaintiff") and Defendants Sagar, Inc. ("Sagar") and Paksn, Inc. hereby stipulate to the following:
WHEREAS Sagar contends that Peets entered into a written agreement providing for final and binding mandatory arbitration of all employment-related disputes, including the dispute addressed in this action;
WHEREAS Peets disputes the validity and enforceability of the arbitration agreement;
WHEREAS the above-referenced parties have worked out a resolution of the dispute, the identity of the arbitrator, and the procedures on how the arbitration will be conducted, and HEREBY STIPULATE as follows;
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between the parties, through their attorneys of record, that the instant action be stayed and that the matter referred to binding arbitration. The parties will advise the court upon the conclusion of that process regarding the result of the arbitration.
GORDON & REES LLP
By: Stephanie Wersel
Michael T. Lucey
Stephanie B. Wersel
Attorneys for DEFENDANTS SAGAR,
INC. and PAKSN, INC.
HIGHMAN, HIGHMAN & BALL
By: Louis A. Highman
Louis A. Highman
Attorneys for PLAINTIFF DARLENE
PEETS
ORDER
Good cause appearing therefore based on the above stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this action is stayed pending completion of binding arbitration. The status conference set for January 23, 2012 is vacated.
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LAWRENCE K. KARLTON
SENIOR JUDGE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT