It's My Seat, Inc. v. Hartford Capital LLC

Case 2:22-cv-02192-ODW-AFM Document Filed 07/01/ Page 1 of Page ID #:423

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 IT’S MY SEAT, INC, et al., Case № 2:22-cv-02192-ODW (AFMx)

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

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STAY [11]; AND

14 HARTFORD CAPITAL, LLC, et al., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: CONSOLIDATION Defendants.

16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs It’s My Seat, Inc. and Vahe Shahinian brought this suit against 19 Defendants Hartford Capital, LLC; EIN Cap, Inc.; Russell Naftali; Kevin Woodley; 20 and Gene Slavin, alleging that in 2019, Defendants fraudulently induced Plaintiffs into 21 taking out a high-interest loan. (Notice of Removal (“NOR”) Ex. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 37, 22 ECF No. 1.) Plaintiffs are also pursuing a concurrent action in this Court, It’s My 23 Seat, Inc. v. Hartford Capital, LLC, No. 2:20-cv-06378-ODW (AFMx) (C.D. Cal. 24 filed July 17, 2020) (hereinafter, “It’s My Seat I”). It’s My Seat I arises from the same 25 transaction and currently…