Burzdak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KAREN BURZDAK, Case No. 21-cv-02148-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

v. MOTION TO STAY

UNIVERSAL SCREEN ARTS, INC., Docket No. 44 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Karen Burzdak has filed a class action against Defendant Universal Screen Arts, Inc. (“USA”), asserting that it has a “practice of deceptively enrolling consumers into a paid and automatically renewing membership program.” Compl. at 1. Previously, USA moved to compel arbitration of Ms. Burzdak’s claims. The Court denied the motion. Now pending before the Court is USA’s motion to stay proceedings pending its appeal of the Court’s arbitration order. I. FACTUAL & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND A. Complaint In her complaint, Ms. Burzdak alleges as follows. USA is a “multi-company retailer that owns and operates myriad e-commerce websites and brands including Acorn, Bas Bleu, Daedalus Books, Signals, Support Plus, and What on Earth.”…