Dandy v. Checkr Inc.
- Vince Chhabria
- 3:24-cv-06631
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In Dandy v. Checkr, Judge Chhabria stayed the case pending arbitration and denied Checkr’s arbitration motion as moot.
Kyle L. Dandy and Checkr Inc.; the federal case is stayed pending arbitration, and both parties must provide periodic status reports unless they choose the stated dismissal option.
What happened
Dandy v. Checkr Inc. concerns the parties’ request to pause the federal case while their dispute goes to arbitration.
The court granted the parties’ motion to stay pending arbitration. It denied Checkr’s motion to compel arbitration as moot and stayed the case. The parties must file a joint status report every 120 days until arbitration ends. They may instead stipulate to dismiss the action without prejudice if Checkr waives any statute-of-limitations defense based on the period when the dispute is with the arbitrator.
Judge Vince Chhabria issued the order on December 4, 2024.
The detailed version
- Dandy v. Checkr Inc. · No. 3:24-cv-06631
- Vince Chhabria
- Dec. 4, 2024
Ruling
The court granted the parties’ Motion to Stay Pending Outcome of Arbitration. The case is stayed while the dispute proceeds in arbitration.
The court denied Checkr Inc.’s Motion to Compel Arbitration as moot. The opinion does not provide additional reasoning about the parties’ arbitration agreement or the underlying dispute.
Ongoing requirements
The parties must file a joint status report every 120 days until the arbitration is terminated. Alternatively, they may stipulate to dismiss the federal action without prejudice, meaning it could be refiled, if Checkr waives any statute-of-limitations defense based on the period during which the dispute is before the arbitrator.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.