Batanjany v. Clear Street Management LLC
- Analisa Torres
- 1:25-cv-08420
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
- 2
Batanjany v. Clear Street Management: Judge Torres denied defendants’ request to pause preliminary-injunction briefing while their arbitration motion was pending.
The plaintiffs and defendants in Batanjany et al. v. Clear Street Management LLC, et al.; the defendants’ request to pause briefing on the plaintiffs’ preliminary-injunction motion was denied.
What happened
In Batanjany et al. v. Clear Street Management LLC, et al., the defendants asked the court to pause briefing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction while the court considered their motion to require arbitration.
The defendants argued that the plaintiffs had agreed to arbitrate employment-related disputes and that continuing to brief the injunction would be unnecessary. The plaintiffs did not consent to the requested pause unless the defendants also agreed to a temporary restraining order.
Judge Analisa Torres denied the request to stay, or pause, the injunction briefing. She explained that even if the dispute must be arbitrated, the court still must consider the merits of a requested preliminary injunction.
The detailed version
- Batanjany v. Clear Street Management LLC · No. 1:25-cv-08420
- Analisa Torres
- Oct. 21, 2025
Background
Defendants Clear Street Management LLC, Clear Street Derivatives LLC, Clear Street LLC, Clear Street Holdings LLC, Clear Street Group Inc., Uriel Ephraim Cohen, and Kenneth Ari Sicklick filed a motion to compel arbitration, meaning they asked the court to require the dispute to be resolved in arbitration rather than in court. They also opposed the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, which seeks temporary court-ordered relief while a case is pending.
The defendants asked the court to stay, or pause, further briefing on the preliminary-injunction motion until the court resolved the arbitration motion. They argued that the plaintiffs had expressly agreed to arbitrate all employment-related disputes and that additional court filings could be unnecessary while the arbitrability issue was pending. The plaintiffs’ counsel declined to consent to the requested pause unless the defendants agreed to entry of a temporary restraining order.
Ruling
Judge Analisa Torres denied the motion to stay further briefing on the plaintiffs’ preliminary-injunction motion. Citing Second Circuit and Southern District of New York authority, the court held that even if the dispute is to be arbitrated, that does not remove the court’s obligation to consider the merits of a requested preliminary injunction.
This order ruled only on the request to pause the injunction briefing. The provided text does not state that the court resolved the motion to compel arbitration or the preliminary-injunction motion itself.
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