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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANEELA RAFIQUE, et al., Case No. 23-cv-00732-JST

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’

MOTION TO CERTIFY APPEAL AS

v. FRIVOLOUS; ORDER GRANTING

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR STAY

PREMIER FINANCIAL ALLIANCE, INC., PENDING APPEAL; ORDER et al., TERMINATING AS MOOT DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO EXTEND Defendants. TIME 12 Re: ECF Nos. 56, 62, 72 13 The parties agreed to arbitrate Plaintiffs’ claims with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) in a single arbitration, and the Court stayed this case pending that proceeding. ECF No. 44. After Plaintiffs initiated the arbitration, Defendants failed to pay the initial arbitration fee, causing AAA to terminate the arbitration. Plaintiffs subsequently moved to lift the stay. ECF No. 45. Although Defendants claimed their failure to pay was an inadvertent error, the Court disagreed and concluded that Defendants waived their right to…