Opinion
1:23cv1579
10-15-2024
CHANTEL K. REDENSKY, Plaintiff v. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Defendant
ORDER
JULIA K. MUNLEY, JUDGE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
AND NOW, to wit this 15th day of October 2024, Defendant Verizon Communications' motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings (Doc. 4) is hereby DENIED without prejudice.
The parties are provided sixty (60) days from the date of this order to engage in discovery, limited to the issue of the arbitration agreement. The defendant may, if it so chooses, file a new motion to compel arbitration and stay proceedings within twenty (20) days after the close of discovery on the issue.
If a second motion to compel is filed it should follow the rules regarding motions for summary judgment, including the filing of a statement of material facts, and plaintiff should file the appropriate response to the defendant's statement of material facts. See Local Rule 56.1.