Jiakeshu Technology Limited v. Amazon.com Services, LLC
- Ronnie Abrams
- 1:22-cv-10119
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Jiakeshu Technology v. Amazon.com Services, Judge Abrams set deadlines for materials supporting a petition to vacate an arbitration award.
Jiakeshu Technology Limited and respondents Amazon.com Services, LLC and Amazon.com, Inc.
What happened
Jiakeshu Technology Limited asked the court to vacate, or set aside, an arbitration award involving Amazon.com Services, LLC and Amazon.com, Inc. The respondents removed the petition to the Southern District of New York, and Jiakeshu had not yet appeared.
The court explained that proceedings to confirm or vacate arbitration awards are handled similarly to summary-judgment proceedings. It directed Jiakeshu to file and serve any additional supporting materials by January 13, 2023. The respondents’ opposition was due February 10, and any reply was due February 24.
Judge Ronnie Abrams also ordered the respondents to serve the order on Jiakeshu. The order set a briefing schedule but did not decide whether the arbitration award should be vacated.
The detailed version
- Jiakeshu Technology Limited v. Amazon.com Services, LLC · No. 1:22-cv-10119
- Ronnie Abrams
- Dec. 7, 2022
Background
Jiakeshu Technology Limited filed a petition seeking vacatur—meaning the setting aside—of an arbitration award. Amazon.com Services, LLC and Amazon.com, Inc. removed the petition to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 29, 2022. The opinion states that Jiakeshu had not yet appeared in the action.
Court’s Action
The court noted that proceedings to confirm or vacate arbitration awards must be treated similarly to a motion for summary judgment. The court ordered Jiakeshu to file and serve any additional materials supporting its petition by January 13, 2023. The respondents’ opposition, if any, was due February 10, 2023, and Jiakeshu’s reply, if any, was due February 24, 2023.
Disposition
Judge Ronnie Abrams ordered the respondents to serve a copy of the order on Jiakeshu. This order established deadlines for the parties’ submissions; it did not rule on whether the arbitration award should be vacated.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.