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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOWARD APPEL, et al., Case No. 17-cv-2263-BAS-MDD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO CONFIRM

ARBITRATION AWARD

CONCIERGE AUCTIONS, LLC, et al., (ECF No. 74) Defendants. 16

On August 4, 2023, following a five-year arbitration and an eighteen-day evidentiary hearing, a panel of three arbitrators from the American Arbitration Association (the “Panel”) issued a final arbitration award in this matter. Pending before the Court is Defendant Concierge Auctions, LLC’s (“Concierge”) motion to confirm the arbitration award. (ECF No. 74.) The Court previously denied Plaintiffs Howard Appel and David Cohen’s and Defendant’s motions to vacate in part the arbitration award. (ECF No. 73.) For the reasons herein, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to confirm the arbitration award. (ECF No. 74.) I. Background A fulsome account of the facts of this case can be found in the…