Middleton v. Neiman Marcus Group

1 DEVERIE J. CHRISTENSEN, ESQ. Nevada Bar No. 6596 2 JUSTIN A. SHIROFF, ESQ Nevada Bar No. 12869 3 JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 300 S. Fourth Street, Suite 900 4 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 5 Telephone: (702) 921-2460 Facsimile: (702) 921-2461 6 Email: deverie.christensen@jacksonlewis.com Email: justin.shiroff@jacksonlewis.com 7 8 Attorney for Defendant Nieman Marcus Group. 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 12 PATRICK MIDDLETON, an individual Case No. 2:25-cv-01530-GMN-BNW 13 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION 14 TO STAY ACTION PENDING v. ARBITRATION 15 NIEMAN MARCUS GROUP 16 Defendants. 17 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiff Patrick Middleton (“Plaintiff”), by 18 and through her counsel, Hatfield & Associates, and Defendants Nieman Marcus Group 19 (“Defendants”), by and through their counsel, the law firm of Jackson Lewis P.C., as follows: 20 1. Defendant contends that Plaintiff signed an arbitration agreement and that an 21 arbitration agreement applies to this dispute, and therefore the Parties agree the claims alleged by 22 Plaintiff against Defendants in this action fall within the scope of the arbitration agreement. 23 2. Thus, the Parties have agreed that this action, in its entirety, shall be submitted to 24 binding arbitration pursuant to the terms of the arbitration agreement, and Plaintiff will initiate 25 arbitration against Defendants with the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc. 26 (“JAMS”). 27 l 3. All proceedings in this action shall be stayed, and this Court shall retain jurisdictio: 2 || over the action pending the conclusion of the JAMS arbitration or the Parties’ settlement. 3 4. Nothing in this Stipulation and Order shall operate to waive, relinquish, or impai 4 || any claim, defense, objection, or right of any party in this case should an arbitration agreement hav 5 || not been signed by Plaintiff. Further, nothing in this Stipulation and Order shall be construed as a: 6 || admission of or consent to the merit or validity of any claim, defense, objection, or right by an 7 || party in this case and shall not impair Plaintiff to move to set aside the stipulation if, in fact, Plaintif g || did not agree to arbitration. 9 Dated this 12" day of January, 2026. 10 || HATFIELD & ASSOCIATES, LTD. JACKSON LEWIS P.C. 11 || 4/ Trevor J. Hatfield Justin A. Shiroff Trevor J. Hatfield # 7373 Deverie J. Christensen, Bar #6596 12 || 703 South 8" Street Justin A. Shiroff, Bar #12869 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 300 S. Fourth St., Suite 900 13 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Attorney for Plaintiff 14 || Patrick Middleton Attorneys for Defendant 5 Nieman Marcus Group. 16 17 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this case is STAYED pending the outcome of 18 || arbitration proceedings. 19 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties must file a Joint Status Report on 20 June 8, 2026, and every 90 days thereafter, informing the Court of the status of the arbitration proceeding. 21 22 23 DATED this 10 day of March, 2026. 24 25 26 — Gloria M. arro, District Judge 27 UNITED TES DISTRICT COURT 28