Fairchild

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW FAIRCHILD, Case No.: 23-CV-1743 JLS (SBC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING JOINT

v. MOTION TO STAY MATTER AND

PROCEED WITH BINDING

CITIBANK, N.A.,

ARBITRATION

Defendant. (ECF No. 102)

Presently before the Court is the Parties’ Joint Motion to Stay Matter and Proceed with Binding Arbitration (“Joint Mot.,” ECF No. 102). The Parties inform the Court that they have stipulated and agreed “to submit all disputes, claims[,] or controversies” to “neutral, binding arbitration with the American Arbitration Association” (“AAA”). Joint Mot. at 2. Accordingly, the Parties seek a stay of this litigation pending the completion of arbitration. See id. The Parties also ask the Court to retain jurisdiction to enforce the stipulation, as well as to “confirm, modify, or vacate” the eventual arbitral award. Id. District courts have “broad discretion to stay proceedings.” Clinton v. Jones,…