Andre v. Mattress Firm
- Vincent Briccetti
- 7:18-cv-08244
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Andre v. Mattress Firm, Judge Briccetti administratively closed the stayed case while arbitration continued, allowing either party to seek reopening.
Andre and Mattress Firm. The federal case was administratively closed while arbitration continued, with either party permitted to seek reopening within the time stated in the order.
What happened
In Andre v. Mattress Firm, the court had previously ordered the parties to resolve the dispute through arbitration and paused the federal case. The parties had submitted the required status reports.
Because continued 90-day status reports were no longer useful, the court directed the Clerk to administratively close the case. The closure was without prejudice to either party seeking to reopen the case by letter motion within 30 days after arbitration ended.
Judge Briccetti also canceled all scheduled deadlines, conferences, and court appearances, including the next scheduled status report. The order did not state the result of the arbitration.
The detailed version
- Andre v. Mattress Firm · No. 7:18-cv-08244
- Vincent Briccetti
- Aug. 17, 2020
Background
On July 12, 2019, the court granted Mattress Firm's motion to compel arbitration and stayed the federal action while arbitration proceeded. The court required the parties to submit joint status reports every 90 days and another report within ten days after arbitration concluded. The opinion states that the parties had timely submitted the required status updates.
Ruling
The court determined that requiring additional 90-day updates would serve no purpose. It ordered the case administratively closed, without prejudice to either party moving by letter motion to reopen it within 30 days after the arbitration proceedings concluded. The Clerk was instructed to administratively close the case. The court also canceled all scheduled deadlines, conferences, and court appearances, including the November 12, 2020 joint-status-report deadline.
Administrative closure addressed the management of the federal docket; the order did not state that the arbitration had concluded or resolve the underlying dispute. It also did not state the result of the arbitration.
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