Owens v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC
- Gregory Woods
- 1:24-cv-05517
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Owens v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Judge Woods stayed the case while defendants appeal the denial of arbitration.
Nina Owens and the defendants; proceedings in the case are paused while the interlocutory appeal is pending.
What happened
Owens v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC concerns defendants’ appeal of an earlier order denying their request to require arbitration.
On July 11, 2025, the defendants filed a notice of an appeal before final judgment about whether the dispute must be arbitrated. The court said proceedings must pause while that appeal is pending.
Judge Gregory H. Woods ordered that the case be stayed until further order and directed the clerk to record the stay on the docket.
The detailed version
- Owens v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC · No. 1:24-cv-05517
- Gregory Woods
- July 11, 2025
Background
The defendants filed a notice of an interlocutory appeal—an appeal before the case is finally resolved—challenging the court’s earlier memorandum opinion and order denying their motion to compel arbitration.
Ruling
The court stated that a district court must pause its proceedings while an appeal about whether a dispute is arbitrable is ongoing. Based on that rule, the court stayed Owens v. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC until further order. The clerk was directed to note the stay on the docket.
Effect of the Order
The order pauses further proceedings in the case while the interlocutory appeal is pending. It does not decide the underlying dispute in this order.
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