Miles

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 FRANK MILES, No. 2:18-cv-02860-DAD-AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY 14 BRUSCO TUG AND BARGE, INC., et al., (Doc. No. 25) 15 Defendants. 16 17 This matter is before the court on motion to stay this action filed by defendant Brusco Tug 18 & Barge, Inc. (“defendant”) on April 29, 2022. (Doc. No. 25.) Therein, defendant requests that 19 the court stay proceedings in this action pending a decision by the Ninth Circuit on its appeal of 20 this court’s March 30, 2022 order denying defendant’s motion to compel arbitration. (Id. at 2). 21 On May 3, 2022, defendant’s motion to stay was taken under submission on the papers.1 For the 22 reasons explained below, defendant’s motion to stay proceedings in this action will be granted. 23 BACKGROUND 24 On March 30, 2022, the court issued an order denying defendant’s motion to compel 25 arbitration of this individual wage and hour action. (Doc. No. 21.) Specifically,…