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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled Sept. 26, 2023

NAVCAN.DC, Inc. v. Rinde

Judge
Willis
Docket
1:23-cv-02267
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
2
Civil ProcedureDiscoveryArbitration
In one sentence

In NAVCAN.DC, Inc. v. Rinde, Judge Willis granted a stay pending the ruling on defendants’ motion to compel arbitration and entered a protective order.

Who this affects

The parties to the action, whose further proceedings were stayed and whose discovery schedule may need to be revised after the ruling on the motion to compel arbitration.

What happened

NAVCAN.DC, Inc. v. Rinde involves defendants’ request to pause further proceedings while the court considers their motion to compel arbitration and discovery requests. The court also considered defendants’ request for a protective order, which plaintiffs opposed.

The court found good cause and entered the protective order. It also granted defendants’ request to stay the action pending a ruling on the motion to compel arbitration. The parties must file a joint status update within one week after that ruling, proposing new discovery deadlines if needed and identifying any disagreements.

Judge Jennifer E. Willis issued the order on September 26, 2023. The Clerk was asked to close the protective-order motion at Docket Number 57.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
NAVCAN.DC, Inc. v. Rinde · No. 1:23-cv-02267
Judge
Willis
Date
Sept. 26, 2023

Background

Defendants asked the court to stay, or pause, further proceedings while the court considered their motion to compel arbitration. They also referred to discovery requests. Separately, defendants requested a protective order, and plaintiffs filed an opposition.

Rulings

The court found good cause to enter the protective order and entered it. The Clerk was respectfully requested to close the motion at Docket Number 57.

The court explained that district courts generally stay discovery when a motion to compel arbitration is pending. It granted defendants’ request to stay the action pending a ruling on that motion.

Next Step

The parties must file a joint status update within one week after the court rules on the motion to compel arbitration. The update must propose new discovery deadlines, if necessary, and note any disagreements. Judge Jennifer E. Willis issued the order.

The authoritative version

Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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