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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SABRINA SMITH, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

H.F.D. NO. 55, INC., dba J. CREW, a 

California corporation; and DOES 1 to100, 

inclusive, 

Defendant. 

No. 2:15-cv-01293-KJM-KJN 

ORDER 

On September 3, 2015, the court held a hearing on defendant H.F.D. No. 55, Inc.’s 

motion to compel arbitration. On September 29, 2015, plaintiff gave notice a Ninth Circuit panel 

had issued its opinion in Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail North America, Inc., 803 F.3d 425 (9th Cir. 

2015). On October 20, 2015, defendant gave notice the circuit court had granted the appellant an 

extension of time to respond to the petition for a rehearing en banc in that case. Appellant’s 

response was filed on January 15, 2016. 

Because resolution of the issue before the Sakkab court directly concerns that 

before this court, this case is temporarily STAYED pending the circuit court’s decision whether 

to grant the petition for a rehearing en banc, and in the event the petition is granted, pending 

issuance of an en banc opinion. See Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254 (1936) (“[T]he 

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power to stay proceedings is incidental to the power inherent in every court to control the 

disposition of the causes on its docket with economy of time and effort for itself, for counsel, and 

for litigants.”). 

The parties shall notify the court within seven days of any decision in Sakkab. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: February 2, 2016. 

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