Brice

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 KIMETRA BRICE, et al., Case No. 19-cv-01481-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO STAY

v. PENDING ARBITRATION, MOTION

TO COMPEL ARBITRATION, AND

7HBF NO. 2, LTD., et al., MOTION TO TRANSFER Defendants. Re: Dkt. Nos. 24, 25,

Plaintiffs Kimetra Brice, Earl Browne, and Jill Novorot bring this class action case against defendants alleging that the loans they took out from entities controlled, managed, or funded by defendants were usurious and illegal under California and federal law. Defendants have, in response, filed three motions that are pending before me. The first is a motion brought by defendants Sequoia Capital Operations, LLC, Sequoia Capital Franchise Partners, L.P., Sequoia Capital IX, L.P., Sequoia Capital Growth Fund III, L.P., Sequoia Entrepreneurs Annex Fund, L.P., Sequoia Capital Growth III Principals Fund, LLC, Sequoia Capital Franchise Fund, L.P, and Sequoia Capital Growth Partners III…