Unite Here v. Wilton Rancheria

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Unite Here, No. 2:23-cv-02767-KJM-DB 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 Wilton Rancheria, 1S Defendant. 16 17 In November 2023, Unite Here (the Union) filed a complaint and petition to compel 18 | arbitration against Wilton Rancheria (the Tribe). See Compl., ECF No. 1. The Union 19 | subsequently filed a motion to compel arbitration, see Mot. to Compel, ECF No. 4, and the Tribe 20 | then filed a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, see ECF No. 5. Following the motion 21 | hearing in January 2024, the court directed the parties to meet and confer and then file a joint 22 | status report. See Hr’g Mins., ECF No. 12. 23 In the joint status report, the parties indicated a decision would issue in a related 24 | arbitration proceeding no later than March 16, 2024, before Arbitrator Brand. See First JSR, ECF 25 | No. 15. On February 2, 2024, this court stayed this matter pending the resolution of that 26 |…