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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000 Job Discrimination (Race)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

LA’SHAUN D. GORDON, on behalf of

herself and all others similarly situated PLAINTIFF

VS. CASE NO. 04-CV-1119

AMERICA’S CAR-MART, INC. DEFENDANT

ORDER

Before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay. (Doc. No. 20). Plaintiff seeks to stay the

above styled and numbered case pending the outcome of two similar class action lawsuits filed in

the Eastern District of Arkansas, Shelton v. America’s Car-Mart, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.Ark.,

Case No. 05-646 and Brown v. America’s Car-Mart, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.Ark., Case No. 05-

763. Defendant has responded. (Doc. No. 22). Defendant objects to the stay as this action was the

first-filed and has priority over the two Eastern District cases. Defendant also states that it has

moved the Eastern District to transfer the cases pending there to this Court for consolidated

treatment of the class allegations contained in all three cases. These motions have been granted

and the cases are being transferred to this Court. See Doc No. 15 in Shelton v. America’s CarMart, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.Ark., Case No. 05-646 and Doc. No. 21 in Brown v. America’s CarMart, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct., E.D.Ark., Case No. 05-763. Upon consideration, the Court finds that the

Plaintiff’s Motion to Stay should be and hereby is denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED, this 12 day of September, 2005. 

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/s/Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes

United States District Judge

 

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