Matzura v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation
- Paul Gardephe
- 1:19-cv-11562
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Matzura v. Deckers, Judge Gardephe stayed the case and denied Deckers’s dismissal motion without prejudice pending related appeals.
The action brought by Steven Matzura on behalf of himself and similarly situated persons is paused. Deckers Outdoor Corp.’s motion to dismiss was denied without prejudice to renewal after the related appeals are resolved.
What happened
In Matzura v. Deckers Outdoor Corp., Steven Matzura sued on behalf of himself and similarly situated people. The court noted that another judge had dismissed a case involving substantially similar legal issues and that an appeal was being handled together with related appeals.
The court stayed this case until the appeals in the related cases are resolved. It also denied Deckers’s motion to dismiss without prejudice to renewing it after the appeals end.
Judge Paul G. Gardephe ordered the parties to file a joint status update by September 1, 2020, or within seven days after a Second Circuit decision, whichever came first. The clerk was directed to terminate the pending motion.
The detailed version
- Matzura v. Deckers Outdoor Corporation · No. 1:19-cv-11562
- Paul Gardephe
- June 24, 2020
Background
Steven Matzura brought this action on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated against Deckers Outdoor Corp. The opinion states that another case, Dominguez v. Banana Republic, LLC, presented substantially the same legal issues. On April 23, 2020, Judge Woods granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss in that case. The plaintiff there appealed, and the Second Circuit consolidated that appeal with several similar appeals and ordered an expedited briefing schedule.
Court’s action
Because those related appeals were pending, the court stayed this action pending their resolution. A stay pauses the case. The court denied Deckers’s motion to dismiss without prejudice to renewal once the appeals are resolved. The clerk was directed to terminate the motion from the court’s pending-motion list.
Next step and disposition
The parties were directed to file a joint status letter by September 1, 2020, or within seven days of a Second Circuit opinion, whichever occurred first. Judge Paul G. Gardephe did not decide the underlying dismissal issues in this order.
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