Davis v. Citibank NA

7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 8 AT SEATTLE ELIZABETH DAVIS, Case No. 2:25-cv-00615-KKE Plaintiff, STIPULATION TO STAY CASE 11 PENDING ARBITRATION AND v. ORDER CITIBANK, N.A., 14 Defendant.

16 Plaintiff Elizabeth Davis and Defendant Citibank, N.A. (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through their respective attorneys of record, jointly stipulate and agree as follows: 18 1. Plaintiff will submit all her claims in this action to binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) pursuant to the Citibank Card Agreement attached to the Declaration of Emily Williams as Exhibit 1; 21 2. Plaintiff shall initiate the arbitration within ninety (90) days of the entry of the attached proposed order; and 23 3. This action shall be stayed pending the completion of the binding arbitration proceeding, pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 3 and Smith v. Spizziri, 601 U.S. 472, 475–76 (2024), and all deadlines in the case shall be vacated.

1 DATED: June 3, 2025 SCHLANGER LAW GROUP LLP BALLARD SPAHR LLP By: s/ Jason P. Verhagen By: s/ Emily Williams Jason P. Verhagen John S. Devlin, Allens Creek Road, Suite 240 Emily Williams, Rochester, New York 14618 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4200 Telephone: 212.500.6114 P.O. Box 91302 [email protected] Seattle, Washington 98101 9 Telephone: 206.223.7000 [email protected] 10 [email protected] Attorney for Plaintiff Elizabeth Davis Attorneys for Defendant Citibank N.A.

I certify that this memorandum contains 121 words, in compliance with the Local Civil Rules.

1 ORDER It is so ORDERED.

The initial case deadlines are STRICKEN. Dkt. No. 11.

4 The parties are instructed to file a joint status report within 10 days of completion of arbitration informing the Court of the status of this action and whether any claims remain for disposition.

DATED this 3rd day of June 2025.

A Kymberly K. Evanson 11 United States District Judge